The Republic of Starlight Lavender is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, ubiquitous missile silos, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 2.349 billion Starlight Lavenderians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 59.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Starlight Lavenderian economy, worth 240 trillion lotuses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 102,302 lotuses, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 378,124 per year while the poor average 19,510, a ratio of 19.4 to 1.

The government invades its allies more than its enemies, forest fires have dropped dramatically as there are hardly any forests left, childhood friends of Leader are living it large abroad at the taxpayers' expense, and top gamblers bet against seedy hoopers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Lavender's national animal is the moonlark, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Starlight Lavender is ranked 72,835^th in the world and 537^th in eta for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 59.08 Effective Tax Rate.