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The Community of Callender is a huge, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-working, democratic population of 302 million Callenderians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 25.9%.

The strong Callenderian economy, worth 15.1 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 49,871 Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 6.3 times as much as the poorest.

Genetic researchers have been expelled, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, and the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Callender's national animal is the Dove.

Callender is ranked 234,583^rd in the world and 1^st in The United States of Aberden for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring -1.41 on the Hickory Productivity Index.