The Minecraft River Valley of A Salmon Named Harold is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Harold with an even hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, frequent executions, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.567 billion pineapple pizza enjoyers enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of a comically large fish bowl. The average income tax rate is 97.2%.

The frighteningly efficient pineapple pizza enjoyer economy, worth a remarkable 1,957 trillion IOU Cards a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 228,485 IOU Cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens select which government department gets their income tax IOU Cards each year, politicians "baring all" for the camera isn't always a figure of speech, sections of the police receive paramilitary training, and evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right. Crime is totally unknown. A Salmon Named Harold's national animal is the Salmon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is the questioning of string cheese.

A Salmon Named Harold is ranked 2,453^rd in the world and 126^th in The North Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 3,330.35 pounds of wildlife per square mile.