The Empire of Silvalbia is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, free-roaming dinosaurs, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 322 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 Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 17.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Silvalbian economy, worth 29.3 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 91,021 Silmarks, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 341,457 per year while the poor average 16,956, a ratio of 20.1 to 1.

Government theft from poor artists to give to rich allies has been dubbed the "reverse Robin Hood" policy, 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, and private businesses are paving paradises to put up parking lots. 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 71,972^nd in the world and 1,514^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 3,009.86 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.