The United States of Starulinska is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 317 million Starulinskians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Williamsburg. The average income tax rate is 75.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Starulinskan economy, worth 11.2 trillion grams a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Gambling and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 35,324 grams, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Autopsies often involve only cursory examination, copies of the constitution are used as toilet paper, search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards, and the general public only knows their favorite politician's first name. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starulinska's national animal is the willstrath, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Starulinska is ranked 24,127^th in the world and 1^st in Wellester United for Safest, scoring 111.82 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.