The Imperium of Chalybea is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Valerius Severus with an iron fist, and notable for its infamous sell-swords, sprawling nuclear power plants, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 25.258 billion Chalybeans 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ferrum. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Chalybean economy, worth a remarkable 9,706 trillion Testimonium Laboris a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 384,294 Testimonium Laboris, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Heartbroken parents are urged to "smile for the camera", billions of Testimonium Laboris are spent to take high-quality photos of the Homo Sapiens Nebula, teachers flinch when students raise their hands too quickly, and family isn't who you're born with but who you abandon in foreign countries. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chalybea's national animal is the Homo Sapiens, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Aristeianism.

Chalybea is ranked 17,726^th in the world and 24^th in Fifth Empire for Safest, scoring 114.54 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.