The Republic of Starlight Ruby is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, devout population of 2.328 billion Starlight Rubyians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 68.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Starlight Rubyian economy, worth 254 trillion lotuses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 109,399 lotuses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Binoculars sales are at an all-time high, pet owners are granted clemency from being ritually sacrificed, the nation is ravaged by daily union strikes, and virtual assistants are seen with increasing suspicion every time they get an upgrade. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Ruby's national animal is the moonlark, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Starlight Ruby is ranked 288,821^st in the world and 4,578^th in eta for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -9.35 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.