The Colony of Starway Islands is a titanic, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 23.565 billion Starwegians are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 54.1%.

The Starwegian economy, worth 912 trillion silverweights a year, is quite specialized and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 38,717 silverweights, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Leader has just been declared ruler of Starway Islands in an international press conference, military spending is on the increase, the nation's infamous boot camp is more brutal than most battlefields, and Starwegian People's Church has been named as Starway Islands's national religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starway Islands's national animal is the right whale, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Starwegian People's Church.

Starway Islands is ranked 267,762^nd in the world and 5^th in Starlight Isles for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 38.06 on the Kitten Softness Rating.