The Kingdom of Caoltheas is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, free-roaming dinosaurs, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.547 billion Caoltheasians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 86.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Caoltheasian economy, worth 146 trillion Deutsche Marks a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 95,021 Deutsche Marks, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

Feuding neighbours measure each other's lawns with a ruler to check for infringements, tourists flock to see the giant stone carvings of historical leaders at Mount Rushless, the poor are forced into bankruptcy by their energy bills, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been banned for advocating gluttony. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Caoltheas's national animal is the Spatz, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Caoltheas is ranked 299,534^th in the world and 1,092^nd in Carcassonne for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -11.88 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.