The Federal Republic of Kalirkov is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Chairman Nikita Kruschev III with a fair hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.73 billion Kalirkovians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kazan. The average income tax rate is 72.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Kalirkovian economy, worth 57.8 trillion jidees a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Pizza Delivery, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 21,169 jidees, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government advises foreign diplomats to speak softly and carry a big bag of cash, Chairman Nikita Kruschev III has just been declared ruler of Kalirkov in an international press conference, Kalirkov has designated Kazan as its capital city, and grinding bureaucracy has the international wheels of justice turning slowly. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kalirkov's national animal is the Northern Herrinhkov Badger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kalirkov is ranked 37,484^th in the world and 1^st in 2026 and Beyond for Safest, scoring 106.54 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.