The Democratic Republic of Silver-Tree is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Ruers with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, national health service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 14.283 billion Silvanians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chef Field. The average income tax rate is 2.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Silvanian economy, worth a remarkable 4,555 trillion Pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 318,931 Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

Over a third of the seats in sports stadiums have been removed to make room for female-only commodes, the Silvanian football team for the Maxxmas ceasefire consists only of Intelligence Corps personnel, people who have had childhood imaginary friends are told they can't ever be trusted with guns, and toxic smog is dismissed as the populace just "letting off steam". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Silver-Tree's national animal is the Red Squirrel, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Flatulence.

Silver-Tree is ranked 79,057^th in the world and 2^nd in The Conservative Democracies for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 68.22 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.