The People's Republic of Chengjiu is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Tianma Huang with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The cynical population of 1.915 billion Cheng 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, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tiangjing. The average income tax rate is 66.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Cheng economy, worth 253 trillion yuan a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is an impressive 132,548 yuan, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

New legislators take a week-long class entitled "Keeping Your Job: How to Avoid Offending Tianma Huang", you need two tenors and a coloratura contralto to sing the national anthem properly, the police crack down on tax evaders without mercy, and woefully uninformed voters cast their ballots at random. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chengjiu's national animal is the dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Chengjiu is ranked 50,205^th in the world and 537^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,902.43 on the Gilded Widget Scale.