The Sea of Silt is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Tithian with an iron fist, and notable for its ban on automobiles, smutty television, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 18.009 billion Siltians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Environment, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tyr. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 94.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Siltian economy, worth a remarkable 5,713 trillion gold pieces a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, Tourism, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 317,235 gold pieces, with the richest citizens earning 7.5 times as much as the poorest.

Sales of trenchcoats are on the rise, looting and pillaging are now considered vital intelligence-gathering activities, trails to natural wonders are littered with trash from reality film crews, and scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive. Silt's national animal is the dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Defilers.

Silt is ranked 398^th in the world and 1^st in Athas for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 21,188.38 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.