The Civile République of Kaliegoss is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Vox Personnes Amélie Corvinus with a fair hand, and notable for its national health service, daily referendums, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.169 billion Kaliegossians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

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 Valenreaux. The average income tax rate is 90.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kaliegossian economy, worth 529 trillion Baubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 167,003 Baubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Polling place volunteers are suddenly opening a huge number of offshore bank accounts, schoolchildren on field trips are asked what torture means to them, foreign policy often involves bullwhips and leather, and factories place endangered birds in their rafters in pursuit of government protections. Crime is totally unknown. Kaliegoss's national animal is the Unicorn, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Collective Thought Process.

Kaliegoss is ranked 1,890^th in the world and 62^nd in The Communist Bloc for Nicest Citizens, with 72.13 average smiles per day.