The Chromatik State of Chromatika is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Hélène Embroise with an even hand, and remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, daily referendums, and avant-garde cinema. The compassionate population of 17.635 billion Chromatiks are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chromia. The average income tax rate is 95.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Chromatik economy, worth a remarkable 2,033 trillion NMS a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 115,308 NMS, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sports fans complain that cricket tests now last an unbearable ten days, signs at the border tell international drivers where they can put their cars, athletic teenagers are among the wealthiest members of society, and the nation's museums are real penny-pinchers. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chromatika's national animal is the Squirrel, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Chromatika is ranked 9,272^nd in the world and 6^th in Anaia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 102.44 law-abiding acts per hour.