The Commonwealth of Chatoria is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Mark Holsgrave with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 5.388 billion Chatorians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brillston. The average income tax rate is 78.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Chatorian economy, worth 621 trillion ELDS a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 115,427 ELDS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Drug distribution is tightly controlled by the government, Eckie-Ecola has declared that their soda poop is The Real Thing, social media sites go into shutdown for days at a time to censor user content, and the nation has been declared a nuclear-free zone. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chatoria's national animal is the Raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Chatoria is ranked 32,845^th in the world and 544^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 238.98 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.