The Empire of Silvalbia is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, frequent executions, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 328 million Silvalbians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 18.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Silvalbian economy, worth 29.9 trillion Silmarks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. Average income is 91,266 Silmarks, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 342,376 per year while the poor average 17,002, a ratio of 20.1 to 1.

Drug lords often avoid prison time by teaching "chemistry" classes to underprivileged youth, the navy plans patrols according to how many pubs nearby ports have, private businesses are paving paradises to put up parking lots, and citizens are regularly arrested in queues for 'loitering'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Silvalbia's national animal is the White Wolf, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Silvalbia is ranked 114,356^th in the world and 2,015^th in the South Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,290.21 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.