The Republic of Silvegis is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its pith helmet sales, keen interest in outer space, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working population of 3.183 billion Silvegisians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 40.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Silvegisian economy, worth 208 trillion deniers a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 65,524 deniers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

The Department of Health is snowed under by requests for crisper ciabatta and tenderer tagliatelle, murder is sanctioned if the legal paperwork is filled out correctly, major corporations receive tax breaks for no apparent reason, and billions of deniers are being poured into a space program. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Silvegis's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Silvegis is ranked 302,367^th in the world and 4^th in Carinthian Federation for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring zero on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.