The Peoples Stratocratic Empire of Chastonia is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by King Volomir Borromov X with an iron fist, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, national health service, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 6.86 billion Chastonians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chastony. The average income tax rate is 58.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Chastonian economy, worth 946 trillion Crowns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 137,997 Crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People often get liposuction to reduce their air fares, people are offered free trials to go to trial, prosecutors are tucked into bed by the household police officer, and the government spends twice as much reclaiming lost settlements from the sea as it could've on coastal defences. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chastonia's national animal is the White Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Reformed Orthodox.

Chastonia is ranked 130,576^th in the world and 81^st in Fifth Empire for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 855.61 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.