The Economic Alliance of Starcrest United is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Jameson Alaric with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, public floggings, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.186 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, with Law & Order, Industry, and Education also on the agenda, 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 82.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Starcrest economy, worth a remarkable 1,074 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 337,174 Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,118,528 per year while the poor average 75,859, a ratio of 14.7 to 1.

The government has an entire department dedicated to staring at microscopes and writing down letters, taking hostages is a great way to influence government policy, recruitment posters proclaim the army to be both fabulous and fashionable, and asking 'does my bum look big in this?' leads to 30 hours of self-esteem classes. 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 7,577^th in the world and 18^th in Carcassonne for Most Developed, scoring 92.29 on the Human Development Index.