The Republic of Salagalu is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Ayumi Sachiko with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working population of 3.8 billion Salagalans 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Salagalu City. The average income tax rate is 71.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Salagalan economy, worth 341 trillion Salagalan Credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 89,914 Salagalan Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ritual mummification is making a comeback, prodigal children celebrate as charitable bequests plummet, houses and businesses are bulldozed to make way for ever-expanding cemeteries, and a nickname of "Doctor Death" probably indicates a decorated war hero. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Salagalu's national animal is the Ultramarine lorikeet, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is None.

Salagalu is ranked 48,374^th in the world and 1,554^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 72 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.