The Commonwealth of Kalaska77 is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate population of 1.569 billion Kalaska77ians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Grandpa Town. The average income tax rate is 65.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kalaska77ian economy, worth 200 trillion dollars 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 large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Retail, and Soda Sales. 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 an impressive 127,951 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, the government spends more on chasing distant comets than on basic infrastructure, the native owl population is in permanent hibernation, and the government has instituted 'traveller reservations' across the country. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kalaska77's national animal is the panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kalaska77 is ranked 19,981^st in the world and 500^th in the South Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 53.38 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.