The Luminous Kingdom of Candlenights is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Star King with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, digital currency, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.565 billion Chandeliers 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 large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of South Pole. The average income tax rate is 84.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Chandlery economy, worth a remarkable 1,626 trillion gifts a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 153,935 gifts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Paranoid museum guards keep a lookout for any animated displays attempting to escape the premises after dark, Star King has been nicknamed 'Robomop', increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times, and diminutive Chandlery generals are feared for their aggressiveness. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Candlenights's national animal is the Terry the Neutral Gift-Delivery Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Candlemas.

Candlenights is ranked 6,814^th in the world and 2^nd in Christmas for Safest, scoring 126.62 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.