The Parliamentary Republic of Chasia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Prime Minister Calvin Bishop with a fair hand, and remarkable for its conspicuous electricity pylons, complete lack of prisons, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 11.722 billion Chasians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The relatively small, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Seneca. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 3.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Chasian economy, worth a remarkable 4,093 trillion kronols a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an amazing 349,254 kronols, with the richest citizens earning 8.4 times as much as the poorest.

Fishing crews are regularly interrogated by surprisingly violent environmentalists, schoolchildren learn an R-rated version of "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes", radio stations offer prizes to callers who can guess this month's most endangered species, and the year's most anticipated show is "Great Deals on Delicious Meals". Crime is almost non-existent. Chasia's national animal is the golden masked owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Chasia is ranked 172,228^th in the world and 168^th in The Western Isles for Most Ignorant Citizens, with 0.52 Missed References Per Hour.