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“Sway in the moonlight, dance in the dark”

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The Republic of Starlight Ruby is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 2.431 billion Starlight Rubyians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 69.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Starlight Rubyian economy, worth 277 trillion lotuses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 113,916 lotuses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

School football matches are usually five-a-side, cheating spouses are required to undergo job training, foreign leaders who don't applaud Leader's speeches are regarded as enemies of Starlight Ruby, and metal detectors have been banned after a bottle cap caused a riot at the beach. 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 52,282^nd in the world and 1^st in Eros for Most Developed, scoring 77.04 on the Human Development Index.