The Eternally Smug State of Chelodia is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Mr Class with an even hand, and remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful population of 19.265 billion Chelodians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nabari. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Chelodian economy, worth a remarkable 2,637 trillion Golden Won a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 136,920 Golden Won, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists take credit every time it rains in 10000 Islands, both diets and economic output are growing leaner with recent restrictions to free trade, flu research is commonly shut down for fear of creating a superbug, and antique comic book collectors are disappointed to hear that their treasures are worth exactly as little as their mothers said they were. Crime is totally unknown. Chelodia's national animal is the Sun Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Chelodia is ranked 305,192^nd in the world and 360^th in 10000 Islands for Fattest Citizens, with 2.92 Obesity Rate.