The Bird-Loving Republic of Salarnsia is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by James Everest Jr with a fair hand, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 5.882 billion Salarnsians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brexton. The average income tax rate is 25.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Salarnsian economy, worth 949 trillion Ralks a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 161,366 Ralks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Shanty towns of homeless immigrants are the ideal recruiting ground for terrorist organisations, protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, the Salarnsia Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon', and there's more vermin than ever on the metro. Crime is totally unknown. Salarnsia's national animal is the Bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Salarnsia is ranked 22,145^th in the world and 335^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 264.71 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.