The Federation of Star Konopia is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its daily referendums, national health service, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic population of 970 million Star Konopians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ad Astra City. The average income tax rate is 83.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Star Konopian economy, worth 54.3 trillion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 55,995 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Religious households enthusiastically use whips in private, passionate nomination battles are often as intense as general elections, political talk shows often have children as guests whenever they need commentary on world religions, and the question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Star Konopia's national animal is the Turkey, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Star Konopia is ranked 270,810^th in the world and 301^st in Refugia for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 9,183.25 Standard Monetary Units.