The Kingdom of Salipia is a mammoth, genial nation, notable for its frequent executions, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 8.224 billion Salipians 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Barnstapia. The average income tax rate is 65.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Salipian economy, worth 491 trillion Salipian Kroner a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 59,744 Salipian Kroner, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A bill to outlaw math homework has been submitted, war memorials have been modified to include hammocks for napping, the nation threatens sanctions on islands only visible at low tide, and when shaking hands with foreign leaders Leader wears an armoured gauntlet. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Salipia's national animal is the Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Salipia is ranked 262,147^th in the world and 2,174^th in the West Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -5.87 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.