The Alcohol Driven Kingdom of Salzau is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by King Otto of Salzau and Holstein with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, smutty television, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 3.594 billion Salzas enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stoltenberg. The average income tax rate is 82.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Salza economy, worth 428 trillion Karolinger Schillings a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 119,224 Karolinger Schillings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Only vaccinated citizens may have free healthcare, spousal homicide rates have tripled in recent months, moles make up an incredible part of the upper crust, and the government is forced to pander to the will of every fruitcake politician. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Salzau's national animal is the Trout, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Sacred Red Doctrine.

Salzau is ranked 15,706^th in the world and 300^th in Europe for Most Developed, scoring 88.08 on the Human Development Index.