The Commonwealth of Silverbend is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, humorless population of 2.486 billion Silverbendians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 73.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Silverbendian economy, worth 375 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, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 150,713 credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.

Kindergartners' favourite dance move is the stop-drop-and-roll, citizens applying for their first jobs face fierce competition from the homeless, the government is hungry to spread communism beyond the nation's borders, and Leader has been known to make speeches in fishing waders. 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 21,435^th in the world and 29^th in Starlight for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 5,736.54 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.