The Swirling Shining Splendor of Red Star of the West is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Treebeard and Friends with an even hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, keen interest in outer space, and lack of airports. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 21.075 billion Red Star of the Westians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Red Staria. The average income tax rate is 97.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Red Star of the Westian economy, worth a remarkable 3,521 trillion Red Stars a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 167,075 Red Stars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Vaccinations are mandatory, WhoTube speedrunners always have at least one viewer, classes at Red Staria University get canceled on Brancaland's Independence Day, and the government is washing its hands of alleged corruption. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Red Star of the West's national animal is the Chimera, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Flying Spaghetti Chimera.

Red Star of the West is ranked 1,350^th in the world and 1^st in Philosophy 115 for Most Beautiful Environments, with 4,313.85 pounds of wildlife per square mile.