The Minecraft River Valley of A Salmon Named Harold is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by a salmon named Harold with an even hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 2.135 billion Salmonns 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Central Hub. The average income tax rate is 90.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Salmonn economy, worth 317 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 common. Average income is an impressive 148,876 IOU Cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Government buildings are being cleansed of anything that might have racist connotations, citizens are deployed to barren deserts to protect small territorial claims, conspiracy theorists allege Central Hub's new subway map resembles Satanic symbols, and A salmon named Harold's new political program is often mockingly called 'Capitalism with a Bigtopian face'. Crime is totally unknown. A Salmon Named Harold's national animal is the Salmon, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is the questioning of string cheese.

A Salmon Named Harold is ranked 233,938^th in the world and 9,305^th in The North Pacific for Fattest Citizens, with 4.93 Obesity Rate.