The Commonwealth of Caeliferna is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Cust Low with an even hand, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, compulsory military service, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless, devout population of 1.469 billion Caelifernans 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Social Policy. The average income tax rate is 26.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Caelifer economy, worth 99.6 trillion grassblades a year, is quite specialized and led by the Soda Sales industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 67,770 grassblades, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Taking a walk on the wild side is punishable by death, the military patrols the streets in search of possible secessionists, employers are gradually adapting to the alien premise of paying wages to their workers, and a division of tanks navigating "as the crow flies" has driven into a ravine. Crime is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Caeliferna's national animal is the grasshopper, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Caeliferna is ranked 201,900^th in the world and 148^th in Forest for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -1.3 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.