The Federation of Salcrandia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Marcus Supanniga with an even hand, and notable for its punitive income tax rates and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 1.705 billion Salcrandians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, although Healthcare, Welfare, and Environment are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Moune City. The average income tax rate is 64.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Salcrandian economy, worth 45.3 trillion marks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 26,544 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

RPG fans reminisce fondly about when people thought they were evil and dangerous rather than geeky and socially inept, Salcrandia isn't what it used to be, the phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon, and popular cartoon characters frequently appear in government-sponsored PSAs reminding students to say no to drugs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Salcrandia's national animal is the jaguar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Salcrandia is ranked 260,035^th in the world and 3,239^th in the West Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -7.92 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.