The Cybernetic Federal Republic of Kaltovar is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by The TEMPEST Council with an even hand, and remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, unlimited-speed roads, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, democratic population of 10.468 billion Kalts are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The VDC. The average income tax rate is 94.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Kaltic economy, worth a remarkable 2,886 trillion Kaltmarks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 275,726 Kaltmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Kids are taught in schools to argue with their parents, rocket boots and thermal detonators have become standard-issue military gear, the deceased are buried mostly to hide them from state-sanctioned corpse-collectors, and the children of Kaltovar are often remarked upon for their cheery attitude to extreme violence. Crime is totally unknown. Kaltovar's national animal is the Golden Jackal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Seperation of Church and State.

Kaltovar is ranked 8,978^th in the world and 9^th in 001 Alpha Prime for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 13,771.72 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.