The Dimly Lit Dreams of Starlight Taurus is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, zero percent divorce rate, and suspicion of poets. The cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.735 billion Starlight Taurusians 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, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Starlight Taurusian economy, worth 464 trillion kronor 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 124,441 kronor, with the richest citizens earning 5.7 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's best artists are considered pretty easy to beat, the government spends more on chasing distant comets than on basic infrastructure, sex offenders find themselves cut off from the ability to repeat their crimes, and tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Taurus's national animal is the unicorn, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Starlight Taurus is ranked 35,756^th in the world and 177^th in eta for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,437.34 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.