The Artemis Queendom of Silver Bow is a titanic, safe nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 16.158 billion Silver Bowians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 80.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Silver Bowian economy, worth 133 trillion Silver Bows a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Furniture Restoration industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 8,264 Silver Bows, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Public nudity is compulsory, the Cheshire Cat is a protected species, organ donation is compulsory, and political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Silver Bow's national animal is the Cheshire Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Silver Bow is ranked 195,304^th in the world and 6^th in Mount Olympus for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -3 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.