The Colony of Chemung Martian Colony is a gargantuan, genial nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, prohibition of alcohol, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 22.747 billion Chemungs are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Seneca. The average income tax rate is 93.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Chemung Martian Colonyian economy, worth a remarkable 2,409 trillion Christian Kroner a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 105,937 Christian Kroner, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Idyllic countryside scenes see border collies herding sixty-ton dinosaurs, Maxtopian villagers starve by the time Chemung Martian Colonyian officials even file the appropriate paperwork needed to help them, the government is continually probing the galaxy in search of alien life, and pro-life activists often lecture pregnant women undergoing routine prenatal screening. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chemung Martian Colony's national animal is the Pheonix, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Chemung Martian Colony is ranked 33,638^th in the world and 12^th in League of Christian Nations for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 203.07 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.