The Kingdom of Salty Burs is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, otherworldly petting zoo, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical population of 2.223 billion Salty Bursians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Balaho. The average income tax rate is 85.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Salty Bursian economy, worth 236 trillion Burs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 106,467 Burs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Too many developers spoil the codebase, sales of trenchcoats are on the rise, theatre audiences often need a telescope to see the stage, and any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Salty Burs's national animal is the bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Salty Burs is ranked 239,920^th in the world and 7,797^th in the South Pacific for Most Armed, with 0.14 Weapons Per Person.