The Republic of Si-Llon is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Mr Pengus with an even hand, and renowned for its public floggings, national health service, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.465 billion Si-Llonians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Si-Llon City. The average income tax rate is 72.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Si-Llonian economy, worth 186 trillion Sillas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 127,241 Sillas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Si-Llonians seem to be catching more chills, the derisively named "Morlocks of Moria" futilely demand time in the sun, polling place volunteers are suddenly opening a huge number of offshore bank accounts, and space shuttles are lying silent on the runway till the Space Agency can work out how to fit a creche and a meditation room into their next spacecraft. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Si-Llon's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Si-Llon is ranked 28,824^th in the world and 728^th in the South Pacific for Most Efficient Economies, scoring 97.26 on the Krugman-Greenspan Business Outlook Index.