The Federal Republic of Calovar is a huge, safe nation, ruled by President Jack Parker with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, sprawling nuclear power plants, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 767 million Calovarians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Union City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Calovarian economy, worth 93.2 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 121,538 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 6.5 times as much as the poorest.

Adjacent suburbs build competing earthworks to force the other neighbourhood to flood first, the military sees national borders more as guidelines than absolutes, money always talks but the taboo subject of death just brings silence, and it's believed that women's brains will overheat if they think for themselves. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Calovar's national animal is the Gray Wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Calovar is ranked 209,475^th in the world and 141^st in The Kodiak Republic for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 20.31 Effective Tax Rate.