The Principality of Caliaman is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, daily referendums, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 4.965 billion Caliamanians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 16.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Caliamanian economy, worth 541 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is an impressive 109,012 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Homophobia is off the menu, the government has an "easy come, easy go" policy on youth crime, the main interest rates change daily based on the latest news story, and those who cut young children are told to cut it out. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Caliaman's national animal is the owl, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Caliaman is ranked 42,505^th in the world and 106^th in Artificial Solar System for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 169.41 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.