The Federation of Chimms is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by 001 with an even hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, smutty television, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 7.967 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 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 1,179 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 148,101 Chimm Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's a literal nanny state for the legions of children taken by social services, the Finance Ministry posts hourly updates on where taxpayer money is spent, an internet search for the word "bland" produces pictures of 001, and students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak. 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 61,704^th in the world and 3,425^th in Lazarus for Most Patriotic, with 22.83 flags saluted per person per day.