The Colony of Calicaro is a small, genial nation, remarkable for its stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 26 million Calicaris enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 21.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The fair Calicarian economy, worth 936 billion Sterns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 36,031 Sterns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The "blue screen of death" forces many trials to be either aborted or restarted, the World Colony Games have been won again by Calicaro as no other country cares enough to compete, robosexual marriages are increasingly common, and Brancaland has gifted over nine thousand putrid moose carcasses to Calicaro as a reminder of their "special relationship". Crime is almost non-existent. Calicaro's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Calicaro is ranked 84,145^th in the world and 97^th in Aesica for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 114.05 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.