The Federated Councils of Lex Caledonia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Moira Ness with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, rampant corporate plagiarism, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 18.874 billion Lexiduns 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 large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Camelon. The average income tax rate is 93.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lex Caledonian economy, worth a remarkable 3,594 trillion Merks 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 Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 190,468 Merks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hundreds of subterranean tunnels are being built as part of "Project Morlock", kindergartners' favourite dance move is the stop-drop-and-roll, 4-year-olds are often found reminiscing about the 'good old days', and children wondering what happens to pets after they die are shown where the compost heap is. Crime is totally unknown. Lex Caledonia's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lex Caledonia is ranked 3,092^nd in the world and 8^th in The Confederacy of Free Nations for Highest Food Quality, scoring 243.5 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.