The Dimly Lit Dreams of Starlight Taurus is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.639 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. The average income tax rate is 67.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Starlight Taurusian economy, worth 443 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, fairly diversified 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 121,837 kronor, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.

Tourists buying prepaid smartphones are arrested for smuggling, Harry Potter books are banned, the nation's atlases tend to go out of date every few weeks, and excessive wheelchair ramps on government buildings have been compared to theme park attractions. 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 284,253^rd in the world and 64^th in The United Democratic Front for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7.76 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.