The Republic of Silhouettes is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, cynical population of 3.141 billion Silhouettesians enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The relatively small, liberal, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.2%.

The very strong Silhouettesian economy, worth 178 trillion florins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Pizza Delivery, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 56,824 florins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 207,735 per year while the poor average 11,025, a ratio of 18.8 to 1.

Crime is a problem. Silhouettes's national animal is the kangaroo.

Silhouettes is ranked 7,105^th in the world and 1^st in Shakti Sang for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 6,197.74 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.