The Empire of 64 Cubes is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by The King with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 8.835 billion Chessians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of E1. The average income tax rate is 19.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong 64 Cubesian economy, worth 747 trillion Pearls a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 84,612 Pearls, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Bike rage is all the rage, school teachers check the staff room for hidden webcams before complaining about rebellious students, the fattest folk in 64 Cubes look to be the happiest ones, and park rangers struggle to deal with a rash of stolen pic-a-nic baskets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. 64 Cubes's national animal is the Horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

64 Cubes is ranked 124,487^th in the world and 7^th in A Taco Archipelago for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,542.46 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.