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“Sway in the moonlight, dance in the dark”

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The Parallel Sunsets of Starlight Virgo is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, devout population of 3.562 billion Starlight Virgoans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 55.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Starlight Virgoan economy, worth 427 trillion marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 120,039 marks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 432,528 per year while the poor average 23,822, a ratio of 18.2 to 1.

Nighttime sightings of raccoons sporting Circle-A patches and bandanna masks are on the rise, courses in how to boil water are popular for formerly microwave-reliant Starlight Virgoans, the mentally ill are given high powered automatic weapons for "catharsis therapy", and people are arrested for looking too sternly at whales. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Virgo's national animal is the kangaroo, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Starlight Virgo is ranked 59,443^rd in the world and 455^th in eta for Most Developed, scoring 74.56 on the Human Development Index.