The Kingdom of Kalmedere is a mid-sized, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The cynical, devout population of 83 million Kalmedereans 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 enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 62.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Kalmederean economy, worth 2.12 trillion brackets a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Soda Sales. Average income is 25,574 brackets, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate, at least 1% of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs budget goes to Leader's wardrobe, and it is illegal to make racist remarks in public. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kalmedere's national animal is the pallor bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Kalmedere is ranked 298,857^th in the world and 538^th in Starlight for Highest Average Incomes, with 25,574.33 Standard Monetary Units.