The Queen's State of Silverhope is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 40.293 billion Silverhopeans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 62.4%.

The Silverhopean economy, worth a remarkable 1,436 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 35,662 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Voting is voluntary, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, referenda can be called for any law at the request of at least one third of the voting population, and the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Silverhope's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Silverhope is ranked 232,300^th in the world and 1^st in Silverhope for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 37.42 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.