The Colony of Salem-Norfolk is a tiny, socially progressive nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 8 million Sa'Noers are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 23.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Sa'No economy, worth 334 billion clams a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 41,821 clams, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation is currently revamping its entire education system, drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking, CEOs can't hear the term 'Fire Sale' without bursting into tears, and matryoshka dolls resembling nested Death Stars are commonly sold. Crime is totally unknown. Salem-Norfolk's national animal is the flying fish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Salem-Norfolk is ranked 162,423^rd in the world and 333^rd in The UMNS for Fattest Citizens, with 9.82 Obesity Rate.