The Red and the Black of Silverfish Imperatrix is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Buck Bloom with an iron fist, and remarkable for its vat-grown people, strictly enforced bedtime, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 6.921 billion Imperatrixians 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 relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Industry, Law & Order, and Administration are also considered important, while Welfare and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vera Gemini. The average income tax rate is 7.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Silverfish Imperatrixian economy, worth a remarkable 1,256 trillion redcaps a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 181,558 redcaps, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Beggars lack pockets for spare change, people who tease dwarfs are being cut down to size, stranded mountaineers can watch livestreamed footage of their rescues, and former stunt pilots are unable to pass the licence test to fly a drone. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Silverfish Imperatrix's national animal is the bungo pony, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Les Invisibles.

Silverfish Imperatrix is ranked 2,504^th in the world and 1^st in Toomtellingham for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 168,485.95 Standard Monetary Units.