The Republic of Starlight Miranda is a massive, genial nation, notable for its ritual sacrifices, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 2.358 billion Starlight Mirandans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 60.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Starlight Mirandan economy, worth 284 trillion lotuses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 120,795 lotuses, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 588,440 per year while the poor average 14,289, a ratio of 41.2 to 1.

Brains have been removed from lists of best brain foods, an extra hand on the leg will give a horse-and-a-half of lead in a hundred jiffies on seven furlongs, the new iVote app allows representatives to vote on legislation by launching ill-tempered birds and matching candies, and black tea is only available on the black market. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Miranda's national animal is the moonlark, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Starlight Miranda is ranked 34,479^th in the world and 165^th in eta for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,489.9 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.