The Gold and Silver Holdings of Electrum is a gargantuan, cultured nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed population of 13.963 billion Electrumites enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government is primarily concerned with Education, although Healthcare, Industry, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Spirituality and Defense are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Centralis. The average income tax rate is 67.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Electrumian economy, worth a remarkable 2,239 trillion Synergies a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 160,364 Synergies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Major internet servers have acquired citizenship, truncheon-mounted cameras record the beating of criminals in dynamic HD detail, net monetary worth and net moral worth are considered to be directly equivalent, and bouncers at the door of the sweet shop warn five-year-olds not to cause trouble. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Electrum's national animal is the Pig, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Whatever you want.

Electrum is ranked 93,169^th in the world and 34^th in Rushmore for Most Pro-Market, scoring 43 on the Rand Index.