The Bird-Loving Republic of Salarnsia is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by James Everest Jr with a fair hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, ubiquitous missile silos, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 5.84 billion Salarnsians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brexton. The average income tax rate is 22.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Salarnsian economy, worth 950 trillion Ralks a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 162,671 Ralks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Religious turf wars have caused frustrated police to pray for divine intervention, town nameplates frequently raise giggles from passing tourists, superstitious folk make gestures to ward off evil whenever they see a refrigeration unit, and mathematicians are hated by children across the country. Crime is totally unknown. Salarnsia's national animal is the Bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Salarnsia is ranked 25,729^th in the world and 283^rd in Europe for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 1,012.42 on the Clooney Contribution Index.