The Republic of Starlight Ceres is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, disturbing lack of elderly people, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 2.44 billion Starlight Ceresians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 64.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Starlight Ceresian economy, worth 261 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 black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, 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 106,769 lotuses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens can be frequently spotted going about their business stark naked, the dartboard at the Starlight Ceresian Cancer Research Charity bears a picture of Leader's face, mining safety laws are often more expensive than what's being mined, and wrongful arrests abound as 'criminals' blame the guy next to them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Ceres's national animal is the moonlark, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Starlight Ceres is ranked 108,826^th in the world and 3^rd in N Land for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 3,041.54 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.