The Stratocratic Workers Empire of Chastonia is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by King Volomir Borromov X with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 6.835 billion Chastonians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chastony. The average income tax rate is 57.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Chastonian economy, worth 940 trillion Crowns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 137,543 Crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Super-powered zombies parade through the streets of Chastony, the government has enacted freedom of information, the sanitised and dull music festivals of Chastonia are famed for their reasonable volume levels, and scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chastonia's national animal is the White Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Reformed Orthodox.

Chastonia is ranked 14,396^th in the world and 51^st in Fifth Empire for Most Developed, scoring 88.53 on the Human Development Index.