The Allied States of Chroche is a massive, genial nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, ritual sacrifices, and public floggings. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 2.175 billion Chrocheans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 76.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Chrochean economy, worth 363 trillion bitcoins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is an impressive 166,997 bitcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens seem fixated on 105m x 45m rectangles, citizens are less concerned with policy and more concerned with whether politicians "call 'em like they see 'em", groups of government workers are declared protected tribes if they venture too deep into the Capitol, and it is popularly believed that "cheese every day keeps disaster away". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chroche's national animal is the dolphin, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Chroche is ranked 274,279^th in the world and 635^th in Europeia for Largest Black Market, with 87.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.