The Hegemony of The Holy Caltro is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by High Hegemon with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, infamous sell-swords, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 10.79 billion Caltroans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, corrupt, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Presidia. The average income tax rate is 70.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Caltroan economy, worth a remarkable 4,179 trillion Denars a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 387,364 Denars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Engine room hooch is the drink of choice among the nation's navy, the saying 'break a leg' is now taken literally, wind farms are erected on shuttered oil platforms, and weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Holy Caltro's national animal is the Caltroan hamagoose, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Hegemony.

The Holy Caltro is ranked 1,328^th in the world and 17^th in The East Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 387,364.17 Standard Monetary Units.