The Holy Red Commune of Salty Mountain is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Premier Nathaniel Xavier with an iron fist, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads, otherworldly petting zoo, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 14.501 billion Salt Grains are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Industry and Education are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bay Town. The average income tax rate is 71.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Salty economy, worth a remarkable 1,823 trillion Eroes 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 an impressive 125,756 Eroes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

A whispered 'that's not very nice' is a teacher's toughest weapon, social media sites prompt users to send birthday greetings to unresponsive nonagenarians, the government funds large training centres to turn Snorlaxes into functioning members of society, and 4-year-olds are often found reminiscing about the 'good old days'. Crime is totally unknown. Salty Mountain's national animal is the Snorlax, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is State Atheism.

Salty Mountain is ranked 107,158^th in the world and 38^th in The Alliance of Eros for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 3,118.38 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.