The Democratic Republic of Chaopia is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The President with a fair hand, and notable for its national health service, smutty television, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 34.729 billion Chaopians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, although Environment, Healthcare, and Social Policy are also considered important, while Spirituality and Defense receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chaopia City. The average income tax rate is 93.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Chaopian economy, worth a remarkable 5,864 trillion merls a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 168,860 merls, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Stocks go up when the internet says so, Chaopian novella fans become unusually flustered when thinking about The President, organ donation rates have hit a new low, and no one questions why the chicken crossed the road anymore. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chaopia's national animal is the emperor penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Chaopia is ranked 6,030^th in the world and 1^st in Discworld for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 517.15 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.