The Protectorate of Caelant is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its complete lack of public education and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 24.746 billion Caelantians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Moordrecht. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.7%.

The thriving Caelantian economy, worth 772 trillion guilders a year, is quite specialized and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 31,217 guilders, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 90,410 per year while the poor average 8,542, a ratio of 10.6 to 1.

Caelant has designated Moordrecht as its capital city. Crime is a problem. Caelant's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Caelant is ranked 192,677^th in the world and 3,655^th in the South Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 10.55 average smiles per day.