The Federation of Silversonicrand is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Wladyslaw Sadowski with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, pith helmet sales, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 1.237 billion Silversonicrandians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Goldson. The average income tax rate is 56.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Silversonicrandian economy, worth 200 trillion Zloties a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 162,298 Zloties, with the richest citizens earning 5.0 times as much as the poorest.

There's stiff competition in the medical marketplace, an IT mega-corporation has a patent pending on the rectangle, waste is frequently shipped to other countries, and the military perceives nations hit by natural disasters as "easy pickings". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Silversonicrand's national animal is the White-tailed Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Silversonicrand is ranked 21,473^rd in the world and 327^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 269.26 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.