The Free Land of Salishien is a small, socially progressive nation, notable for its absence of drug laws, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic, devout population of 23 million Salishienians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 55.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Salishienian economy, worth 414 billion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Pizza Delivery, Cheese Exports, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 18,019 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Elementary school children develop thousand-yard stares, surveillance cameras are banned, all recreational drugs are legal, and meat-eating is frowned upon. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Salishien's national animal is the porcupine, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Salishien is ranked 88,855^th in the world and 68^th in Corsair for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 2,329.85 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.