The Federation of Chimms is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by 001 with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, pith helmet sales, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 7.862 billion Chimmsians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Estergan. The average income tax rate is 95.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Chimmsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,177 trillion Chimm Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 149,772 Chimm Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Imprisonment is the leading cause of disownment, cops in Estergan spend much of their time napping on a park bench next to Embassy Row, couples are discouraged from marrying until they can rank their partner on a scale of one to ten, and there's a literal nanny state for the legions of children taken by social services. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chimms's national animal is the Plorgus, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Chimms is ranked 19,202^nd in the world and 1,075^th in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 93 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.