The State of Sempre Silenzio is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, complete lack of public education, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 21.011 billion Sempre Silenzioans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.0%.

The thriving Sempre Silenzioan economy, worth 625 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Uranium Mining, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 29,780 betales, with the richest citizens earning 7.9 times as much as the poorest.

Voting is voluntary, Sempre Silenzio has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Sempre Silenzio in an international press conference. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Sempre Silenzio's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sempre Silenzio is ranked 257,998^th in the world and 3^rd in Freedom Front for Lowest Crime Rates, with 47.41 law-abiding acts per hour.