The Protectorate of Caland is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its burgeoning lion population. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 24.061 billion Calandians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.9%.

The very strong Calandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,019 trillion guilders a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Retail, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 42,382 guilders, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Caland's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Caland is ranked 39,029^th in the world and 3^rd in The Republic of the Netherlands for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 4,698.06 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.