The Faux-Mountains of Salzcovia is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Flower Father with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and daily referendums. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 11.045 billion Salzcovians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Candleland. The average income tax rate is 90.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Salzcovian economy, worth a remarkable 1,848 trillion Flowerrencies a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 167,385 Flowerrencies, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Late night talk show hosts are having a field day over Flower Father's questionably sane new coalition partners, elementary school students are required to master Bach's Chaconne in D before graduation, veterans are directed into environmental cleanup operations, and space research funding has hit a recent high while several military bases are being closed down. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Salzcovia's national animal is the Goat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Salzcovia is ranked 6,163^rd in the world and 260^th in The North Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 93.43 on the Human Development Index.