The Commonwealth of Silverbend is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, anti-smoking policies, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, humorless population of 2.283 billion Silverbendians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 69.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Silverbendian economy, worth 321 trillion credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 140,694 credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

The government is spending millions on alternative clean-burning fuels, a faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park, Big Belly is watching you, and Silverbend's heavy congestion charges are the bane of motorists' lives. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Silverbend's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Silverbend is ranked 9,004^th in the world and 50^th in Starlight for Most Developed, scoring 91.21 on the Human Development Index.