The Rogue Nation of Cheato is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its ritual sacrifices, enslaved workforce, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.608 billion Cheatoans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 70.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Cheatoan economy, worth 185 trillion rupees 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 115,593 rupees, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Blueriver mercenaries routinely do the army's dirty work, soldiers are slaughtered in their thousands due to lack of training, hazmat suits are a common Cheatoan garb, and the big red machine has ground to a halt. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cheato's national animal is the giraffe, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Cheato is ranked 218,874^th in the world and 33^rd in The Citrus Sea for Largest Populations, with 1.61 billion capita.