The Federation of Salud0ng is a very large, efficient nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, rampant corporate plagiarism, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 426 million Salud0ngians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of MANILÆ. The average income tax rate is 43.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Salud0ngian economy, worth 32.3 trillion Salud0ng Pesos a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 75,779 Salud0ng Pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

All the playground's a stage for Salud0ngian schoolchildren, city budgets are spent entirely on supporting the town royalty, teenagers claim that morning paper rounds are performance art, and the mob vote is a crucial electoral demographic. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Salud0ng's national animal is the Handsome Muscular Men, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Salud0ng is ranked 263,507^th in the world and 3^rd in Holocene for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -4.2 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.