The Starships of StarArmy is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Empress Himiko I with a fair hand, and renowned for its national health service, compulsory military service, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 31.565 billion Yamataians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kyoto. The average income tax rate is 68.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Yamataian economy, worth a remarkable 3,106 trillion KS a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 98,425 KS, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's navy has been named the scourge of the seven thousand seas, conscripts often volunteer for a second tour of duty so they can get a ticket to next year's Army Revue, the sound of office water cooler chatter has been replaced by the whirring of computer cooling fans, and a little pushing and pulling is needed for big ships to pass. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. StarArmy's national animal is the Nekovalkyrja, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

StarArmy is ranked 150,100^th in the world and 7,623^rd in Lazarus for Largest Black Market, with 1.14 trillion Standard Monetary Units.