The Terraforming Project of Cal dos is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Governor Maturin with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 3.172 billion Caldosians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Caldos Colony. The average income tax rate is 57.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Caldosian economy, worth 83.8 trillion Candles a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 26,425 Candles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Plain-clothes police officers follow Dàguó tourists everywhere they go, contemporary art museums showcase the latest in centuries-old art, political candidates who don't release their birth certificates are presumed to have been born in Maxtopia, and teenagers are making eye contact with each other for the first time in years. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cal dos's national animal is the Ghost, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cal dos is ranked 256,920^th in the world and 111^th in United Earth Space Probe Agency for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -4.29 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.