The Republic of Calabo is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Sir Josiah William Walker-Peart with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 2.242 billion Calaboans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Calabotopia. The average income tax rate is 72.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Calaboan economy, worth 193 trillion Fazdaxes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 86,480 Fazdaxes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The intelligence community is playing 4-D chess with an imaginary spy network, unshaven men are viewed with suspicion in courts of law, aides are afraid to ask if Sir Josiah William Walker-Peart wants a cup of tea or coffee, and the inside lane of every highway is for parked vehicles only. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Calabo's national animal is the Black Panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Calabo is ranked 58,732^nd in the world and 1,807^th in The North Pacific for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 4,996.57 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.