The Empire of Shilvend is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, ubiquitous missile silos, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 761 million Shivakoraz are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mophaisza. The average income tax rate is 66.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Shilvendian economy, worth 63.9 trillion Fasis a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 83,971 Fasis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Residents of houses built on a foundation of wishful thinking are prone to an odd sinking feeling, onions have been banned due to their tendency to cause eye irritation, the Mophaisza Film Festival recently voted 'Shilvano Getting Hit By Football' as best film, and murderers frequently escape punishment by claiming they were protecting their honour. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shilvend's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Shilvend is ranked 212,512^th in the world and 3,925^th in the South Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -3.07 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.