The Federal Commonwealth of Calbout is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by King Edgar II with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 5.065 billion Calboutians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Calcadonia. The average income tax rate is 74.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Calboutian economy, worth 648 trillion Calboutian Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 127,955 Calboutian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

You can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health, the easiest method of escaping from prison is to take singing lessons, the nation's beloved 'good-natured doormat' is inundated by begging letters, and patch v22.1705 - all developers are now paid for work. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Calbout's national animal is the Red Fox, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Calbout is ranked 152,491^st in the world and 194^th in Christians for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 931.44 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.