The Federal Republic of Caldorado is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 454 million Caldoranians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Calvary. The average income tax rate is 39.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Caldoranian economy, worth 33.0 trillion Cavalis a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 72,615 Cavalis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Pictures of government employees with expensive Pearbooks 'working' on exotic beaches dominate local tabloids, the government sends submarines to retrieve bodies from shipwrecked submarines, the minority inevitably have their addenda vetoed, and dentists routinely perform open heart surgery. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Caldorado's national animal is the Phoenix, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Caldorado is ranked 9,859^th in the world and 101^st in 10000 Islands for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 5,769.5 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.