The Most Serene Republic of Starlit Merethin is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its parental licensing program, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 2.686 billion Starlit Merethinians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 45.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Starlit Merethinian economy, worth 225 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 83,865 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 6.5 times as much as the poorest.

Holy matrimony has been wedded to an unwieldy bureaucracy, passive-aggressive congratulations cards inform mums-to-be that their pregnancy is their greatest achievement in life, preservative manufacturers are told to put a lid on it, and handling people's data is proving an immersive experience. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlit Merethin's national animal is the tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Starlit Merethin is ranked 83,680^th in the world and 1^st in Mirror World 99 for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 46,125.87 Standard Monetary Units.