The République calicienne of Calicathia is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Président Louis Alfonse Gaglione with a fair hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 18.244 billion Caliciens enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Térmle. The average income tax rate is 80.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Calicien economy, worth a remarkable 1,799 trillion ₤ Livre caliciens a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 98,648 ₤ Livre caliciens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government ministers have eclectic tastes in curtains, the slowest students feel vaguely targeted by their Mendelian Inheritance coursework, doctors accused of having no heart reply that cardiology isn't their speciality, and undersea volcanoes receive strongly worded letters for violating environmental regulations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Calicathia's national animal is the Lynx boréal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicisme romain.

Calicathia is ranked 3,106^th in the world and 1^st in The Universal Order of Nations for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 10,225.62 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.