The Imperium of Chalybea is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Valerius Severus with an iron fist, and notable for its closed borders, digital currency, and national health service. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 25.18 billion Chalybeans 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ferrum. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Chalybean economy, worth a remarkable 9,616 trillion Testimonium Laboris a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 381,896 Testimonium Laboris, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nine out of ten citizens of Chalybea answered 'nuclear safety inspector' when asked their occupation, the deaf are perplexed when the weather report tells them that the wind will be "bringing some rain along the Nazi ghosts", 42 is the answer to life the universe and the new bus route into Ferrum, and citizens no longer take selfies with their dead relatives at funerals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chalybea's national animal is the Homo Sapiens, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Aristeianism.

Chalybea is ranked 2,626^th in the world and 7^th in Fifth Empire for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 10,942.78 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.