The Democratic Republic of Silver-Tree is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Ruers with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, complete lack of prisons, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 14.016 billion Silvanians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chef Field. The average income tax rate is 2.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Silvanian economy, worth a remarkable 4,417 trillion Pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 315,155 Pounds, with the richest citizens earning 5.2 times as much as the poorest.

Senior professors are allowed to skip the wait at soup kitchens, nothing in life is promised except death and government support, songwriters compete to see who can come up with the most blasphemous lyrics, and the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Silver-Tree's national animal is the Red Squirrel, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Flatulence.

Silver-Tree is ranked 306,027^th in the world and 15^th in The Conservative Democracies for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -20.17 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.