The Red Empire of Salivatan is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Emperor Orlovas with an iron fist, and remarkable for its parental licensing program, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 5.872 billion Salivatanians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Romuva. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 53.7%.

The powerhouse Salivatanian economy, worth 616 trillion redcoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 104,940 redcoins, with the richest citizens earning 7.8 times as much as the poorest.

Popular websites like NationStates are blocked for "national security", the nation's government buildings are remarkable for being ugly concrete boxes, military pilots spend more time scraping feathers off their engines than flying their aircraft, and the military will start wars with other nations on a lark. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Salivatan's national animal is the Gold Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is The Cult of Emperor Orlovas.

Salivatan is ranked 221,106^th in the world and 5,190^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -4.9 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.