The Democratic States of Artificial Chimore System is a mammoth, efficient nation, remarkable for its closed borders, ritual sacrifices, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.235 billion Artificial Chimore Systemians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 54.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Artificial Chimore Systemian economy, worth a remarkable 1,123 trillion Freedom Units a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 155,295 Freedom Units, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Universities now offer degrees in cycling etiquette, prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators, riot police are stationed around paintings of violent protestors, and students can name the chiefs of proto-Bigtopian tribes before they can count to ten. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Artificial Chimore System's national animal is the Democrat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Artificial Chimore System is ranked 289,393^rd in the world and 558^th in Lair of the Dragons for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 34.02 on the Kitten Softness Rating.