The Principality of Callipso is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 845 million Callipsoans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hauptstadt des Kronprinzen. The average income tax rate is 53.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Callipsoan economy, worth 16.9 trillion Callipsoan Kroner a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 19,959 Callipsoan Kroner, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Motorists' locations are constantly tracked by intelligence and law enforcement agencies, actively encouraging climate change is helping reduce winter fuel costs, kindergarten teachers with ankle-bracelets are closely supervised by their parole officers, and many parents are becoming frustrated with their children's choices in spouses. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Callipso's national animal is the Hyrax, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Callipso is ranked 318,381^st in the world and 4^th in Urth for Most Developed, scoring 46.15 on the Human Development Index.