The Divine Empire of Kaltonest is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Kaiserin Auristela Lesham van Rozenburg with an iron fist, and notable for its ritual sacrifices, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.901 billion Kaltonestians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Education, Administration, and Law & Order are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Korstadt. The average income tax rate is 74.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kaltonestian economy, worth 773 trillion Gelds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 198,348 Gelds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Kaltonestian athletes are close to breaking the 2 minute mile and the 16 meter long jump, the bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Korstadt, screams of citizens being "re-educated" echo throughout the rural regions of Kaltonest, and more money is spent on policing the welfare system for abuse than on the welfare system itself. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kaltonest's national animal is the Firefox, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Renamen.

Kaltonest is ranked 54,324^th in the world and 62^nd in Eientei Gensokyo for Most Beautiful Environments, with 667.15 pounds of wildlife per square mile.