The Protectorate of Chuukara Treellis is a very large, efficient nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, avant-garde cinema, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 197 million Chuukara Treellisians 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 tiny government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 9.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Chuukara Treellisian economy, worth 16.2 trillion Crellars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Gambling, and Tourism. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 82,285 Crellars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

They say that Chuukara Treellisians made a dessert and called it peace, adverts depict men giving birth while cursing the women who got them into trouble, running away is an essential part of the elite forces' hand-to-hand training, and vehicle strikes into low bridges are on the increase. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Chuukara Treellis's national animal is the Celestial Duck, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Chuukara Treellis is ranked 65,509^th in the world and 1,907^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 115.76 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.