The Kingdom of Calicov is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Jurich Von Licenstein IV with an even hand, and remarkable for its vat-grown people, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 1.512 billion Calicovians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Calconiea Prime. The average income tax rate is 79.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Calicovian economy, worth 192 trillion Calconiean Rupies a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 127,018 Calconiean Rupies, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Anything is permissible when wearing latex gloves, attendance of fathers at PTA meetings is at an all-time high, the love has gone in Calicov, and politicians accost strangers in the street to ask their problems. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Calicov's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Neko.

Calicov is ranked 16,440^th in the world and 256^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 312.31 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.