The Republic of Starlight Primrose is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its closed borders, daily referendums, and frequent executions. The compassionate, devout population of 2.321 billion Starlight Primroseans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 66.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Starlight Primrosean economy, worth 220 trillion lotuses 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 Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Cheese 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 94,850 lotuses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Factories place endangered birds in their rafters in pursuit of government protections, Harry Potter books are banned, Leader isn't a national brand, and enemy combatants are presumed guilty until proven innocent. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Primrose's national animal is the moonlark, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Starlight Primrose is ranked 73,085^th in the world and 713^th in eta for Largest Black Market, with 5.47 trillion Standard Monetary Units.