The Armed Republic of Chandelier Group is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Jacob Wildingham with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, public floggings, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.683 billion Chandelians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chandelier City. The average income tax rate is 67.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Chandelian economy, worth 262 trillion kronor a year, is quite specialized and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Pizza Delivery. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 71,297 kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, the people consider response to rudeness to be an acceptable casus belli, traffic news is delivered to drivers via carrier pigeon, and wigged-out hunters report playing croquet with the Queen of Hearts. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chandelier Group's national animal is the cobra, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Mantraism.

Chandelier Group is ranked 184,394^th in the world and 8^th in Zecrarth for Lowest Crime Rates, with 58.07 law-abiding acts per hour.