The Tsardom of Callista Dispatches is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Tsar Sorianoria with a fair hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, daily referendums, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.467 billion Callistans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Callistagrad. The average income tax rate is 77.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Callistan economy, worth 615 trillion Rubles a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 82,456 Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The easiest method of escaping from prison is to take singing lessons, sheepish teenagers are making eye contact with their parents for the first time in a decade during state-enforced 'no-phones hour', visions of giant pink Bears are a common side effect after Callistans eat their meals, and escalators are avoided at all costs. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Callista Dispatches's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Various.

Callista Dispatches is ranked 7,234^th in the world and 2^nd in Callista for Safest, scoring 125.61 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.