The Democratic States of Artificial Chimore System is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its closed borders, avowedly heterosexual populace, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.211 billion Artificial Chimore Systemians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 52.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Artificial Chimore Systemian economy, worth a remarkable 1,115 trillion Freedom Units a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 154,649 Freedom Units, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's atlases tend to go out of date every few weeks, caroling is considered a public disturbance, citizens are expected to be proficient in at least five languages, and the nation's reputation for treachery has left it sidelined on the international stage. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Artificial Chimore System's national animal is the Democrat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Artificial Chimore System is ranked 226,640^th in the world and 382^nd in Lair of the Dragons for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -1.91 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.