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The Most Serene Republic of Starlit Merethin is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its frequent executions, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 2.594 billion Starlit Merethinians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 43.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Starlit Merethinian economy, worth 217 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 83,908 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 6.7 times as much as the poorest.

Drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web, reflection is vital for badly behaved politicians, counselors diagnose their clients with motherboard complexes, and a tax exemption has created a new hunger for octogenarian millionaires dating women 60 years their younger. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlit Merethin's national animal is the tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Starlit Merethin is ranked 45,924^th in the world and 1^st in Mirror World 99 for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,080.84 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.