The Incorporated States of Blackstellar is a very large, cultured nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 499 million Blackstellarians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Astonia. The average income tax rate is 25.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Blackstellarian economy, worth 47.7 trillion Scripts a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 95,651 Scripts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's police officers are famously miserable-looking, troublemakers boast about how many times they have to visit their therapist, rural Blackstellarians stare in awe at the bright lights of the big cities, and recent events have left citizens both shaken and stirred. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blackstellar's national animal is the Puppygirls, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Blackstellar is ranked 303,405^th in the world and 236^th in Lesbian for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring zero on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.