The Federation of The Holy Caltro is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by President Boris Nelson with an even hand, and notable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 5.723 billion Caltroans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Presidia. The average income tax rate is 96.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Holy Caltroan economy, worth a remarkable 1,135 trillion Denars a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 198,374 Denars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation has an international reputation for compassion, meat prices are soaring as the farming industry struggle under government-imposed restrictions, it's illegal to be caught on tape, and the name of the "Butcher of Bigtopia" adorns shirts across The Holy Caltro. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Holy Caltro's national animal is the Caltroan hamagoose and its national religion is The Great Pantheon.

The Holy Caltro is ranked 15,687^th in the world and 355^th in The East Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 320.89 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.