The District of Calestery is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 30.436 billion Calesteryians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.4%.

The very strong Calesteryian economy, worth a remarkable 1,404 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Average income is 46,151 betales, with the richest citizens earning 6.8 times as much as the poorest.

Surveillance cameras are banned, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, and teachers regularly paddle unruly students. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Calestery's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Calestery is ranked 195,294^th in the world and 1^st in Calestery for Highest Average Incomes, with 46,151.79 Standard Monetary Units.