The Grand Commonwealth of Silverestone is a massive, safe nation, ruled by the First Silverestonean Triumvirate with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.268 billion Silverestoneans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Silvouriksbourg Citadel. The average income tax rate is 91.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Silverestonean economy, worth 122 trillion skryles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is 96,334 skryles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication, artists are renowned for their ability to make art pieces out of thin air, the nation's generous tax credits have brought all the film studios to the yard, and it is not politically correct to suspect that a serially convicted burglar might steal again. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Silverestone's national animal is the salmon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is modern druidism.

Silverestone is ranked 33,870^th in the world and 75^th in The League for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 6,101.77 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.