The Paradise of Silent Lake is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Lady Deidre Skye with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, anti-smoking policies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 42.223 billion Silent Lakers 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, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aquila. The average income tax rate is 90.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The enormous but sluggish Silent Lakean economy, worth a remarkable 1,411 trillion dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is mostly comprised of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 33,440 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Enemy navies sail within bombardment range of major coastal cities with impunity, cotton candy made from genuine cotton cellulose doesn't quite satisfy, adults pretending to be teenage girls claim to have wholesome motives, and citizens can only enjoy the splendor of the natural world in designated 'Majesty Appreciation' zones. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Silent Lake's national animal is the common loon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Gaian.

Silent Lake is ranked 14,807^th in the world and 5^th in The Scandalian Alliance for Lowest Crime Rates, with 94.39 law-abiding acts per hour.