The Fabled Archer of Chimes is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Queen Ellorea with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 11.393 billion Chimesians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chimes Province. The average income tax rate is 96.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Chimesian economy, worth a remarkable 1,333 trillion gold winds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Retail, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 117,045 gold winds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, a vast monorail network carries people all over the country, the best way to be heard in politics is to speak softly and carry a big comedy prop, and the national guard is mobilized whenever a mother gets separated from her child at the mall. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chimes's national animal is the Chimesian Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Wicca.

Chimes is ranked 125,824^th in the world and 3,700^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Black Market, with 253 billion Standard Monetary Units.