The People's Republic of The Selvestern States is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Ayliet with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 2.787 billion Selvesterns love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lenara. The average income tax rate is 54.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Selvestern economy, worth 194 trillion Selveras a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 69,785 Selveras, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government's foreign policy statements are less threatening than a World Assembly cease-and-desist letter, the tax agency is feared more than serial killers and terrorists, legal contracts aren't worth the paper they're written on, and married couples must call each other "darling" or risk a fine. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Selvestern States's national animal is the Siamese Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Lumina.

The Selvestern States is ranked 39,670^th in the world and 1,343^rd in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 75 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.