"The Free Land of New Silencio is a large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed population of 78 million New Silencioans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 29.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient New Silencioan economy, worth 3.18 trillion Poots a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Automobile Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 40,768 Poots, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are regularly found digging for treasure in their gardens, the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters, New Silencio's army is full of two-metre tall super-soldiers, and there have been reports of people marrying housepets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Silencio's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests."