The Republic of Starlight Miranda is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its enslaved workforce, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 2.256 billion Starlight Mirandans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 65.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Starlight Mirandan economy, worth 270 trillion lotuses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 119,976 lotuses, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 588,733 per year while the poor average 13,993, a ratio of 42.1 to 1.

Scavengers with burlap sacks and shovels skulk around graveyards, the government advises foreign diplomats to speak softly and carry a big bag of cash, homeless people are periodically found dead upon altars to assorted deities, and murder is sanctioned if the legal paperwork is filled out correctly. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Miranda's national animal is the moonlark, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Starlight Miranda is ranked 30,438^th in the world and 91^st in eta for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 249.07 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.