The Republic of Starlight Ruby is a massive, safe nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The hard-nosed, devout population of 2.227 billion Starlight Rubyians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 68.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Starlight Rubyian economy, worth 244 trillion lotuses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 109,612 lotuses, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

The government is denying reports that criminals injected with experimental drugs have turned into monstrous supervillains, guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites, the "daily grind" consists of levelling up in tedious video games, and the jails are alive with the sound of birdsong. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Ruby's national animal is the moonlark, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Starlight Ruby is ranked 75,982^nd in the world and 537^th in eta for Most Cultured, scoring 68 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.