The Empire of Sylvania Clans is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Vasili Dragovich with an iron fist, and notable for its smutty television, frequent executions, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 15.11 billion Sylvanians 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 Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bucharest. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 27.1%.

The very strong Sylvanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,137 trillion florins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 75,285 florins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 259,619 per year while the poor average 15,981, a ratio of 16.2 to 1.

Attendance of fathers at PTA meetings is at an all-time high, hell is not always other people, military officers are given medals for disobeying orders, and the nation is committed to nuclear rearmament. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sylvania Clans's national animal is the bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Sylvania Clans is ranked 52,338^th in the world and 18^th in New World Union for Lowest Crime Rates, with 73.53 law-abiding acts per hour.