The Container of Salt Shaker is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Salt Shaker with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 6.274 billion Salt Shakerians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The salt mines. The average income tax rate is 33.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Salt Shakerian economy, worth 525 trillion salt grains a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is 83,704 salt grains, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

The government loves seeing the little people fight, farting etiquette is taught in schools, the new 'Things We Stole From Other Countries' exhibition at the National Museum of Antiquities is a hit, and wealthy pranksters dump refuse on unsuspecting citizens from up high. Crime is almost non-existent. Salt Shaker's national animal is the raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Violetism.

Salt Shaker is ranked 56,119^th in the world and 2^nd in Krieg for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,508.64 on the Gilded Widget Scale.