The Republic of Starlight Opal is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its enslaved workforce, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 2.411 billion Starlight Opalians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 56.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Starlight Opalian economy, worth 234 trillion lotuses a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 97,120 lotuses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Ancestry test results arrive bundled with patent applications, factories place endangered birds in their rafters in pursuit of government protections, citizens who leave the nation for work are instantly charged with treason, and activists sabotage clean energy in the name of the environment. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Opal's national animal is the moonlark, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Starlight Opal is ranked 66,909^th in the world and 3^rd in Reparune for Highest Poor Incomes, with 44,882.86 Standard Monetary Units.