The Republic of Salagalu is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Ayumi Sachiko with an even hand, and renowned for its smutty television, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 3.927 billion Salagalans 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 Defense, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Salagalu City. The average income tax rate is 73.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Salagalan economy, worth 357 trillion Salagalan Credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 90,937 Salagalan Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign workers are flooding in as Salagalan Credits flood out, advert breaks are played at lower volumes to make them easier to ignore, the voyages of obsolete star-trekking satellites on deliberate escape orbits are only just beginning, and libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Salagalu's national animal is the Ultramarine lorikeet, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is None.

Salagalu is ranked 41,535^th in the world and 1,391^st in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 172.46 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.