The Divine Empire of Calderium Maximus is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Princeps III with an even hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, public floggings, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 1.88 billion Calderium Civis 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Romulus City. The average income tax rate is 43.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Calderium Maximusian economy, worth 242 trillion Denariis a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 128,814 Denariis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Babies are a small but significant export, Hydra sanctuaries have been taken over by hydraulic fracturing sites, every workday begins with group therapy, and devotion to God is only skin-deep. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Calderium Maximus's national animal is the Hydra, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Roman Catholic.

Calderium Maximus is ranked 35,565^th in the world and 4^th in MineKhan Origin Nations for Lowest Crime Rates, with 79.7 law-abiding acts per hour.