The Minecraft River Valley of A Salmon Named Harold is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Harold with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 9.868 billion pineapple pizza enjoyers enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of a comically large fish bowl. The average income tax rate is 97.9%.

The frighteningly efficient pineapple pizza enjoyer economy, worth a remarkable 2,279 trillion IOU Cards a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 231,047 IOU Cards, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

East Lebatuckese astronauts' favorite game during downtime on the Multinational Space Station is 'I Spy', the 'kind of scrawny' 500 meter hurdle is a popular event, burning twigs to keep warm while lost in the wild is now a felony, and the government has little issue with allowing its citizens to languish in foreign jails. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. A Salmon Named Harold's national animal is the Salmon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is the questioning of string cheese.

A Salmon Named Harold is ranked 295,338^th in the world and 5,349^th in The North Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -9.81 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.