The Democratic Republic of Silver-Tree is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Ruers with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, barren, inhospitable landscape, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 14.01 billion Silvanians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chef Field. The average income tax rate is 2.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Silvanian economy, worth a remarkable 4,415 trillion Pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 315,176 Pounds, with the richest citizens earning 5.2 times as much as the poorest.

Orphanages are closing their doors as the government forces parents to actually raise their children, replacement organs are grown in vats, the nation's politicians are acknowledged as the most polite in the region to the dismay of comedians everywhere, and schools have extensive counseling programs for troubled students. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Silver-Tree's national animal is the Red Squirrel, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Flatulence.

Silver-Tree is ranked 612^th in the world and 1^st in The Conservative Democracies for Most Cultured, scoring 464 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.