The Empire of Silver Minner is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Jermany with an iron fist, and notable for its smutty television, hatred of cheese, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 24.993 billion Minners are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Akkadian. The average income tax rate is 70.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Silver Minnerian economy, worth a remarkable 2,625 trillion Silver Valaurums a year, is extremely specialized and solely comprised of the Tourism industry. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 105,047 Silver Valaurums, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Washing-up liquid looks and smells like baby poo, being sent to collections is more dangerous than ever, with great power generation comes great responsibility, and the institution of marriage is held sacred and strictly enforced. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Silver Minner's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christian.

Silver Minner is ranked 282,570^th in the world and 10,848^th in Lazarus for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -112.29 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.