The Commonwealth of Caeliferna is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Cust Low with an even hand, and notable for its ban on automobiles, public floggings, and feral children. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 1.546 billion Caelifernans 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 31.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Caelifer economy, worth 110 trillion grassblades a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Soda Sales industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Woodchip Exports, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 71,752 grassblades, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Grocery stores can be audibly identified by the giggling emerging from them, hunters often become the hunted, Caeliferna is renowned for its lax gun laws, and the government has enacted freedom of information. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Caeliferna's national animal is the grasshopper, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Caeliferna is ranked 251,239^th in the world and 255^th in Forest for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 136.36 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.