The Chromatik State of Chromatika is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by The Security Council with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, anti-smoking policies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 22.457 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 morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chromia. The average income tax rate is 95.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Chromatik economy, worth a remarkable 2,609 trillion NMS a year, is highly specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 116,205 NMS, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The inchworm that measured the marigolds is six feet under, diplomatic fallout tends to be much more dangerous than radioactive fallout, military officers are given medals for disobeying orders, and the nation's youth would rather watch paint dry than the news. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chromatika's national animal is the Speckled Falcon, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Chromatika is ranked 35,324^th in the world and 10^th in Rushmore for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 6,880.64 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.