The Most Serene Republic of Starlit Merethin is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its daily referendums, prohibition of alcohol, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 2.667 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 45.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Starlit Merethinian economy, worth 223 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 83,865 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 6.5 times as much as the poorest.

Holy matrimony has been wedded to an unwieldy bureaucracy, passive-aggressive congratulations cards inform mums-to-be that their pregnancy is their greatest achievement in life, preservative manufacturers are told to put a lid on it, and handling people's data is proving an immersive experience. 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 327,538^th in the world and 60^th in Mirror World 99 for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -18.6 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.