The Bird-Loving Republic of Salarnsia is a massive, safe nation, ruled by James Everest Jr with a fair hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, ubiquitous missile silos, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.603 billion Salarnsians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brexton. The average income tax rate is 45.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Salarnsian economy, worth 202 trillion Ralks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 126,145 Ralks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

The latest national park is visited by more sharks than people, there are six more weeks of winter if a northerner sees her shadow, blood stains the floors of the execution room and the hands of the state, and authorities are looking for a stool pigeon to rat out who is stealing food from pigeon toilets. Crime, especially youth-related, 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 69,533^rd in the world and 374^th in Europe for Highest Wealthy Incomes, with 195,956 Standard Monetary Units.