The Place of Silverbergs is a titanic, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ritual sacrifices, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 17.367 billion Silverbergsians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Industry, although Healthcare and Defense are also considered important, while Spirituality and Environment aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Silverbergsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,932 trillion Silver Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Soda Sales, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 111,290 Silver Dollars, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 663,577 per year while the poor average 8,526, a ratio of 77.8 to 1.

The subway is dead quiet in early afternoons, business meetings across the country are interrupted by the sound of squeaking whoopee-cushions, cooking with water and baking soda is considered patent infringement, and a murderous reputation can revitalise a flagging celebrity career. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Silverbergs's national animal is the Silver Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Silverbergs is ranked 100,428^th in the world and 13^th in matheo for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 11,582.07 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.