The Republic of Starbound Founder is a large, pleasant nation, renowned for its burgeoning giraffe population. The hard-working population of 142 million Starbound Founderians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 21.1%.

The Starbound Founderian economy, worth 5.88 trillion marks a year, is led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 41,407 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starbound Founder's national animal is the giraffe.

Starbound Founder is ranked 292,449^th in the world and 1^st in Starbound for Largest Black Market, with 35.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.