The Republic of Calabo is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Josiah Walker with an iron fist, and renowned for its avowedly heterosexual populace, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 6.42 billion Calaboans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Calabotopia. The average income tax rate is 93.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Calaboan economy, worth a remarkable 1,281 trillion Fazdaxes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 199,657 Fazdaxes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

The government has officially clarified that "wee on your hands to save time" does not count as proper hygiene, the invisible hand of the market has arrived under threat of the visible fist of sanctions, the government is making attempts at curtailing the flood of spam emails with little progress, and news editors who eschew the state-approved superlatives for describing Josiah Walker tend to disappear. 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 is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christianity.

Calabo is ranked 7,111^th in the world and 48^th in The East Pacific for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 39,654.37 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.