The Democratic Republic of Silu is a large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The quiet, industrious population of 50 million Siluans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 72.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Siluan economy, worth 1.16 trillion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Information Technology, Cheese Exports, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 23,127 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Red rinses are frequently applied to grey hair, praying before a battle is a court-martial offence, a child's only Trickster Night scare is the sight of their parents dancing, and in musicals everybody's a little bit racist. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Silu's national animal is the Swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Silu is ranked 280,867^th in the world and 1,030^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -12.44 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.