The Kingdom of Calicov is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Jurich Von Licenstein IV with an even hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, soft-spoken computers, and punitive income tax rates. The quiet, industrious population of 1.494 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, corrupt, 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 79.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Calicovian economy, worth 189 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 126,813 Calconiean Rupies, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Newly synthesized elements' half-lives are a million times shorter than the time it takes to say their names, same-sex marriages are increasingly common, the breathalyser pledge is a traditional part of marriages in Calicov, and arthritic surgeons with tremulous fingers reassure patients that they are in safe hands. 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 229,299^th in the world and 1,165^th in Europe for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 48.04 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.