The Empire of GoldSilver918 is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Emperor Irid II von Silber with an iron fist, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, infamous sell-swords, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 9.041 billion Artichians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Goldenia. The average income tax rate is 95.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Artichian economy, worth a remarkable 4,745 trillion Artichian Marks a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is a breathtaking 524,887 Artichian Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

A stitch in time could see you serving nine, owning a fishing rod can cause you to be subject to military questioning, the nation's museums are real penny-pinchers, and diplomats agree to the terms and conditions of peace treaties without reading them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. GoldSilver918's national animal is the Reichsadler, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Methodism.

GoldSilver918 is ranked 593^rd in the world and 1^st in The UMNS for Highest Average Incomes, with 524,887.66 Standard Monetary Units.