The Greater Trade Union of Caedmare is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Senior Councilman Corvath with an even hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 1.106 billion Caedmarians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Venesía. The average income tax rate is 24.0%.

The Caedmarean economy, worth 54.5 trillion Paaríns 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 Tourism, Automobile Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 49,287 Paaríns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Enemy navies sail within bombardment range of major coastal cities with impunity, "Senior Councilman Corvath got your tongue?" has become a popular idiom, Caedmarean watches are often the only thing to survive a disaster intact, and Senior Councilman Corvath has just been declared ruler of Caedmare in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Caedmare's national animal is the Golden Heraldic Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Caedmare is ranked 63,422^nd in the world and 30^th in Callista for Most Beautiful Environments, with 632.98 pounds of wildlife per square mile.