The Democratic Republic of Silver-Tree is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Ruers with an even hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 13.636 billion Silvanians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

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 Tossa Delmar. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Silvanian economy, worth a remarkable 4,285 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 314,301 Pounds, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,414,358 per year while the poor average 43,088, a ratio of 32.8 to 1.

Parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend, political detractors refer to Ruers as 'that Bigtopian puppet', men are enrolling into lady etiquette courses, and a child's only Trickster Night scare is the sight of their parents dancing. 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 300,238^th in the world and 15^th in The Conservative Democracies for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 19.21 on the Bus Surprisal Index.