The Ashen Remnants of Starlight Phoenix is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its state-planned economy, ubiquitous missile silos, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 3.643 billion Starlight Phoenixians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 74.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Starlight Phoenixian economy, worth 391 trillion rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 107,342 rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, many parents are becoming frustrated with their children's choices in spouses, judicial robes are the country's hottest fashion trend, and the military is researching proton packs and PK-meters to combat "unseen enemy forces". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Phoenix's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Starlight Phoenix is ranked 240,167^th in the world and 3,472^nd in eta for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -3.1 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.