The Republic of Chip XVIII is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, avowedly heterosexual populace, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 483 million Chip XVIIIians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.4%.

The strong Chip XVIIIian economy, worth 31.5 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 65,131 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 7.4 times as much as the poorest.

Park rangers perform full-body searches on suspected fungus smugglers, enemy governments seem especially interested in Chip XVIII's election cycle, citizens are constantly disappointed to find their nuisance neighbours are still alive, and minor parties are virtually absent in Parliament. Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chip XVIII's national animal is the cow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Chip XVIII is ranked 70,449^th in the world and 3,445^th in Lazarus for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 15,398.01 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.