The Republic of Starlight Ruby is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its public floggings, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, devout population of 2.309 billion Starlight Rubyians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 68.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Starlight Rubyian economy, worth 252 trillion lotuses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 109,305 lotuses, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

Tabloids coo over Leader's expected child, foreign musicians that Leader dislikes are turned away at the border, a weakened police force struggles to maintain law and order, and executions often take hours as amateurs attempt to find veins. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Ruby's national animal is the moonlark, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Starlight Ruby is ranked 207,189^th in the world and 3,080^th in eta for Largest Black Market, with 435 billion Standard Monetary Units.