The United Socialist States of Silent Sounds is a colossal, safe nation, notable for its infamous sell-swords, smutty television, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed population of 4.354 billion Silent Soundsians 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 Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 68.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Silent Soundsian economy, worth 99.5 trillion Renminbis a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Tourism, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 22,845 Renminbis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A fashion designer has been arrested for inciting hatred after claiming redheads couldn't pull off vermillion, workers have seized control of the economy, school uniforms are compulsory, and both diets and economic output are growing leaner with recent restrictions to free trade. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Silent Sounds's national animal is the Tumbu Fly, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Silent Sounds is ranked 90,251^st in the world and 8^th in Hurricane 12 for Largest Black Market, with 3.16 trillion Standard Monetary Units.