The Economic Alliance of Starcrest United is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Jameson Alaric with an iron fist, and remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, ubiquitous missile silos, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.45 billion Starcrestians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Administration are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Las Vegas. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 85.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Starcrest economy, worth a remarkable 1,216 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 352,538 Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

The people consider response to rudeness to be an acceptable casus belli, children grow up long before the paperwork for their lemonade stands can be sorted out, pharmaceutical warships enforce patent agreements with surgical precision, and the nation's orphanages and maternity wards have been nicknamed 'the Killbot Factories'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starcrest United's national animal is the Catgirl, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Starcrest United is ranked 312,977^th in the world and 934^th in Carcassonne for Highest Drug Use, scoring 0.46 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.