The Empire of GoldSilver918 is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Emperor Irid Silver II with an iron fist, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, otherworldly petting zoo, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 5.462 billion Artichians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Goldenia. The average income tax rate is 95.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Artichian economy, worth a remarkable 2,725 trillion Sigmaps a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 499,044 Sigmaps, with the richest citizens earning 5.8 times as much as the poorest.

Cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates, attempts to inform people about their unclaimed property are often mistaken for telephone scams, government negotiators never forget to say "pretty please" when begging for custody of its criminals, and museums offer moralization or your money back. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. GoldSilver918's national animal is the Electroshark, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Methodism.

GoldSilver918 is ranked 31,402^nd in the world and 7^th in The UMNS for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 1,830.22 on the Societal Mobility Rating.