The United Federal Republic of The Chill Union is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by John Smirnov with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, sprawling nuclear power plants, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 3.459 billion Chill Unionians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Johnnygrad. The average income tax rate is 43.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Chill Unionian economy, worth 523 trillion $CHILLGUYS a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 151,236 $CHILLGUYS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are deeply regretting challenging the government to be honest about its intentions, newspapers and TV broadcasters are given a list of 'acceptable words', more than one company makes the board game Monopoly, and the official Chill Unionian Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Chill Union's national animal is the Chill Guy, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Sillyism.

The Chill Union is ranked 10,473^rd in the world and 1^st in Grandterre for Highest Poor Incomes, with 122,644.83 Standard Monetary Units.