The Terrible Swift Sword of Silesia-1 is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-working population of 23.124 billion Silesia-1ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 37.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Silesia-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,757 trillion $$s a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is 75,995 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Grocery stores can be audibly identified by the giggling emerging from them, councils up and down the country wrangle over legal matters, reporters who negatively comment on politicians' haircuts are cut from the news, and gun ownership is compulsory. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Silesia-1's national animal is the Dolly Varden, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Silesia-1 is ranked 97,736^th in the world and 1^st in Silesia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 66.14 law-abiding acts per hour.