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The Noble House of House Caleb is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Majordomo Linda Shanks with an even hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, ubiquitous missile silos, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 9.216 billion Serfs have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Haven Ranch. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 31.9%.

The strong Serf economy, worth 497 trillion Mannas a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 53,929 Mannas, with the richest citizens earning 6.4 times as much as the poorest.

Condos feature wall-mounted cages containing endangered animals, the New Serf Thesaurus lists "love" and "oppress" as synonyms, the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, and grumpy old house owners demand that pedestrians get off their footpaths. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. House Caleb's national animal is the Mustang, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

House Caleb is ranked 274,269^th in the world and 8^th in Calebs Haven for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -16.21 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.