The End of an Era of Salvarity is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Thomas Insaniac with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 12 billion Salvarians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The tiny, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Soluain. The average income tax rate is 2.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Salvarian economy, worth a remarkable 2,460 trillion Salvarian Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an amazing 205,003 Salvarian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

The rich are forced to sell their houses to pay for more police to prevent their houses from being burgled, Soluain's main city thoroughfare has been blocked by a row of leyland cypresses that mysteriously appeared overnight, children have lost interest in toy guns in favor of toy meth lab kits, and it's been a banner year for local vexillology. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Salvarity's national animal is the Monster of Salvarity, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is State Salvarianism.

Salvarity is ranked 1,777^th in the world and 1^st in The Empire of Mare Nostrum for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 55 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.