The Omnihegemony of Silvithium is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Effulgent Epistemarch with an iron fist, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, ubiquitous missile silos, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.482 billion Silviths 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, 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 Vexarion. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 61.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Silvithian economy, worth 716 trillion Silvargens a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 159,769 Silvargens, with the richest citizens earning 9.0 times as much as the poorest.

The new "Bloodbath" orange tree autonomously seeks and destroys independent orchards, shanty towns are forming in the suburbs of major cities, the nation's museums are real penny-pinchers, and foreign nationals who stumble near Silvithium are harbingers of war. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Silvithium's national animal is the Raven, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Scientific Atheism.

Silvithium is ranked 256,300^th in the world and 9,680^th in Osiris for Most Cultured, scoring 62 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.