The Democratic Socialist State of Cachard Calia is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Jane Fisher with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and parental licensing program. The compassionate, democratic population of 8.633 billion Cachard Calians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lesbiana. The average income tax rate is 98.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Cachard Calian economy, worth a remarkable 1,988 trillion gaylis a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 230,386 gaylis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Selling advanced CPUs to anti-Cachard Calian terrorists is no chip on the government's shoulders, scientists on maritime expeditions return with a healthy glow, the government guarantees that tourists will have the ultimate trip on their trips, and the real art was the AI friends we made along the way. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cachard Calia's national animal is the Queer Democratic Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Agnosticism.

Cachard Calia is ranked 306,184^th in the world and 60^th in Gay for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -14.55 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.