The Kingdom of Calicov is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Jurich Von Licenstein IV with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 1.512 billion Calicovians 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 large 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 77.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Calicovian economy, worth 196 trillion Calconiean Rupies a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 129,901 Calconiean Rupies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

The end of communism came with retail rather than revolution, the government is avowedly secular, a newly discovered small mammal's name translates into Calicovian as 'your finger, you fool', and authorities are looking for a stool pigeon to rat out who is stealing food from pigeon toilets. 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 17,241^st in the world and 271^st in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 304.5 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.