The Republic of Chavante is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Galvan with a fair hand, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 7.135 billion Chavanteans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, corrupt individuals prioritizes Industry, although Education, Administration, and Public Transport are also considered important, while Welfare and Environment receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chacarrama. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Chavantean economy, worth a remarkable 1,834 trillion Medals a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Retail, Soda Sales, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 257,129 Medals, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,114,598 per year while the poor average 37,666, a ratio of 29.6 to 1.

Voting for pro-Bigtopian candidates is voluntary, garishly-decorated government buildings are being hailed as the height of 'religious nouveau', education for the poor is learning to ask "do you want fries with that?", and kids are taught in schools to argue with their parents. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, probably because of the absence of a police force. Chavante's national animal is the Owl, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is All religion.

Chavante is ranked 185,669^th in the world and 73^rd in Selene for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring -15.49 on the Gilded Widget Scale.