The Democratic Republic of Silu is a small, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The quiet, industrious population of 29 million Siluans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 73.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Siluan economy, worth 651 billion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 22,453 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Clowns are being rounded up and admitted to mental institutions, counselors have to sign pledges supporting gay rights before they can speak to any patients, concert halls sport signs proclaiming "No Shorts, Sandals or Swastikas", and it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma. 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 280,444^th in the world and 1,090^th in The Communist Bloc for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 5,905.34 Standard Monetary Units.