The Republic of Caligur is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by The General Congress with an even hand, and remarkable for its closed borders, national health service, and complete lack of prisons. The quiet, industrious population of 1.604 billion caligurences are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed, including voting. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

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 Hamberly. The average income tax rate is 44.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong caligurí economy, worth 122 trillion white Pantolios a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Retail, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 76,186 white Pantolios, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Spiritual tourists meditate in the ruins of caligurí cathedrals, advert breaks are played at lower volumes to make them easier to ignore, the military's newest anti-tank strategy is throwing a landmine like a frisbee, and the police have been known to wiretap confessional boxes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Caligur's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Pantoliyism.

Caligur is ranked 212,787^th in the world and 762^nd in Carcassonne for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -2.5 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.