The Republic of Starlight Jupiter is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its digital currency, enslaved workforce, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical, humorless population of 2.448 billion Starlight Jupiterians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 42.0%.

The all-consuming Starlight Jupiterian economy, worth 274 trillion lotuses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 112,087 lotuses, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

Petting zoos have loose fingers strewn about, one tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber, the government seizes all major gold finds, and scientists who publish a non-reproducible result are tarred and feathered. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Jupiter's national animal is the moonlark, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Starlight Jupiter is ranked 190,274^th in the world and 3^rd in Holy John Three for Smartest Citizens, with 25.3 quips per hour.