The Queendom of Starlight Glimmer 55 is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its smutty television, disturbing lack of elderly people, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 8.015 billion Starlight Glimmer 55ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 48.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Starlight Glimmer 55ian economy, worth 446 trillion bits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 55,761 bits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Old folks reminisce about the last time someone was acquitted of a crime, teenagers claim that morning paper rounds are performance art, the state is footing the bill for billionaires' lawyers, and the sun rises an hour later on border communities. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Glimmer 55's national animal is the pony.

Starlight Glimmer 55 is ranked 97,535^th in the world and 772^nd in Artificial Solar System for Most Patriotic, with 15.31 flags saluted per person per day.