The Directorial Republic of Caligur is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by The General Congress with an even hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, ban on automobiles, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 1.759 billion caligurences have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and look forward to their next free and open election, to be held on an as-yet unannounced date.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hamberly. The average income tax rate is 58.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving caligurí economy, worth 166 trillion white Pantolios a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 94,574 white Pantolios, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The right school tie opens more doors than the right qualification, the intelligence community is playing 4-D chess with an imaginary spy network, Hamberly's main city thoroughfare has been blocked by a row of leyland cypresses that mysteriously appeared overnight, and no one is quite sure what many government officials look like. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Caligur's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Pantoliyism.

Caligur is ranked 64,917^th in the world and 153^rd in Carcassonne for Lowest Crime Rates, with 74.3 law-abiding acts per hour.