The Commonwealth of Silverbend is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, anti-smoking policies, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, humorless population of 2.327 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 70.9%.

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 141,382 credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

Pet owners exercise their eagles at a snail's pace or risk prosecution, diplomatic missions typically end with a flurry of childish insults, accusations and phlegm, weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them, and the government blames all suspicious phenomena on flying saucers. 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 18,276^th in the world and 70^th in Starlight for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 3,533.38 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.