The Empire of Silver Minner is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Jermany with an iron fist, and notable for its prohibition of alcohol, avant-garde cinema, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 18.883 billion Minners are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Akkadian. The average income tax rate is 55.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Silver Minnerian economy, worth a remarkable 1,853 trillion Silver Valaurums a year, is extremely specialized and solely comprised of the Tourism industry. Average income is 98,183 Silver Valaurums, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government spends billions to protect Silver Minner from a disaster that is one in a million, inheritance tax has recently been abolished, child adoption by homosexual couples has been outlawed, and town nameplates frequently raise giggles from passing tourists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Silver Minner's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christian.

Silver Minner is ranked 214,489^th in the world and 7,137^th in Lazarus for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring -30.66 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.