The Democratic Republic of StarlightSea is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 569 million StarlightSeans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ather. The average income tax rate is 13.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The StarlightSean economy, worth 27.8 trillion Coins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 48,843 Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Messiah (formerly known as Brian) is a mayoral candidate, there's no such thing as bad publicity, military strategists are questioning the wisdom of subsidizing the economies of sworn enemies, and StarlightSea has designated Ather as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. StarlightSea's national animal is the White Cockatoo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

StarlightSea is ranked 58,825^th in the world and 101^st in Commonwealth of Liberty for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 51.48 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.