The Federal Republic of Kalifer and Baska is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Niklas Konßtansson with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, vat-grown people, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.472 billion Kalifaris hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nordfjellrikkaldbyen. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Kalifer and Baskan economy, worth a remarkable 2,217 trillion Nords a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 211,766 Nords, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, the government is funding experimental battery technology while the power grid continues to crumble, voting for pro-Bigtopian candidates is voluntary, and Jennifer Government is a bestseller. Crime is totally unknown. Kalifer and Baska's national animal is the Black Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Kalifer and Baska is ranked 2,339^th in the world and 33^rd in Europe for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 18,809.15 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.