The Republic of Starlight Tulip is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, disturbing lack of elderly people, and keen interest in outer space. The cynical, devout population of 2.338 billion Starlight Tulipians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Starlight Tulipian economy, worth 277 trillion lotuses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 118,546 lotuses, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 408,099 per year while the poor average 25,229, a ratio of 16.2 to 1.

Compass sales have gone south, the most sacred right is the right to ignore the rights of slaves, policemen regularly conduct midnight raids on closed donut shops to 'collect evidence', and drivers regularly pull over for nonexistent police cars. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Tulip's national animal is the moonlark.

Starlight Tulip is ranked 237,011^th in the world and 4,075^th in eta for Safest, scoring 38.49 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.