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The Cybernetic Federal Republic of Kaltovar is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by The TEMPEST Council with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, unlimited-speed roads, and otherworldly petting zoo. The compassionate, democratic population of 11.981 billion Kalts 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 Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The VDC. The average income tax rate is 95.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Kaltic economy, worth a remarkable 3,312 trillion Kaltmarks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 276,476 Kaltmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Family isn't who you're born with but who you abandon in foreign countries, the nation is stuck in permanent election mode as politicians demand constant do-overs, the government regularly publishes lengthy reports on its own excessive recordkeeping, and old people living in plastic bubbles complain about a new type of social isolation. Crime is totally unknown. Kaltovar's national animal is the Golden Jackal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Seperation of Church and State.

Kaltovar is ranked 28,091^st in the world and 4^th in 001 Alpha Prime for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 5,468.26 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.