The Republic of Calabo is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Josiah Walker with an iron fist, and remarkable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, frequent executions, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 6.177 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, moralistic, 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 92.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Calaboan economy, worth a remarkable 1,191 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 192,860 Fazdaxes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

The government has implemented minimum wage laws, brave curators do battle with disorganised government libraries, Calabo isn't what it used to be, and the terminally ill are applying for visas from their bed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a 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 11,955^th in the world and 275^th in The East Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 106 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.