The Republic of Chip 28 is a very large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, zero percent divorce rate, and frequent executions. The hard-working, democratic population of 343 million Chip 28ians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.7%.

The very strong Chip 28ian economy, worth 23.0 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 66,944 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 235,468 per year while the poor average 13,788, a ratio of 17.1 to 1.

Rich people sell their mansions to pay for endless rows of mobile homes, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, people are arrested for looking too sternly at whales, and Leader has no checks and balances after the upper house was abolished. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Chip 28's national animal is the dolphin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Chip 28 is ranked 153,450^th in the world and 8,062^nd in Lazarus for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 1,428.4 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.