The Republic of Saloom is a tiny, genial nation, remarkable for its national health service and compulsory military service. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 8 million Saloomians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Administration, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.6%.

The very strong Saloomian economy, worth 551 billion Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 68,883 Marks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 230,560 per year while the poor average 15,293, a ratio of 15.1 to 1.

The number of deaths due to poor fungus identification is mushrooming, nothing in life is promised except death and government support, children who drop their ice cream are fined for littering, and all statues and paintings of dogs are being destroyed to avoid offending cat-lovers. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Saloom's national animal is the Loomish White Deer.

Saloom is ranked 111,954^th in the world and 1,798^th in The North Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 59.43 on the Human Development Index.