The Incorporated States of Caelford is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, zero percent divorce rate, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 3.144 billion Caelfordians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 36.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Caelfordian economy, worth 238 trillion Marks a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Pizza Delivery, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 75,825 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Mining safety laws are often more expensive than what's being mined, evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, homeless people dying of starvation are thought to be a necessary cost of preventing terrorism, and Leader's family members carry literal get-out-of-jail-free cards. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Caelford's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Caelford is ranked 144,786^th in the world and 2,619^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Populations, with 3.14 billion capita.