The People's Republic of Alacrity Isles is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 504 million Silkborns love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Silvervale. The average income tax rate is 68.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Silken economy, worth 25.7 trillion lins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Cheese Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 50,961 lins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The dance skills of Leader are said to be almost as subversive as their politics, suburban residents are told not to panic while hitchhikers swarm their neighborhoods, Silkborns believe manners maketh the leader, and in the mighty jungle the lion once again sleeps tonight. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alacrity Isles's national animal is the eel, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Alacrity Isles is ranked 47,200^th in the world and 524^th in The Leftist Assembly for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 68.78 Effective Tax Rate.