The People's Republic of The Selvestern States is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Ayliet with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 2.898 billion Selvesterns love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lenara. The average income tax rate is 58.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Selvestern economy, worth 196 trillion Selveras a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 67,874 Selveras, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Married couples must call each other "darling" or risk a fine, cricket farmers use magnifying glasses to fit every member of their herd with tiny tracking tags, old folks reminisce about the last time someone was acquitted of a crime, and life-saving resuscitation is denied based on decades-old teenage diaries that declare "I want to die before I get old". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Selvestern States's national animal is the Siamese Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Lumina.

The Selvestern States is ranked 10,830^th in the world and 493^rd in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 55.21 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.