The Commonwealth of Silverbend is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, parental licensing program, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, humorless population of 2.314 billion Silverbendians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 69.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Silverbendian economy, worth 328 trillion credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 141,808 credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Children seem to be getting better at lying these days, self-proclaimed free-thinkers line up for their weekly sermons, billions of credits are being blown on orbital weapons development, and Silverbend City has become the number one destination for urban exploration in Starlight. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Silverbend's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Silverbend is ranked 20,376^th in the world and 76^th in Starlight for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 3,305.93 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.