The Kingdom of Chevalier is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Maximilian I with an iron fist, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, avowedly heterosexual populace, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 3.354 billion Chevalierians 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, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Columbia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 54.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Chevalierian economy, worth 512 trillion Pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 152,780 Pounds, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,004,027 per year while the poor average 9,070, a ratio of 110 to 1.

Small businesses are gobbled up almost daily by corporate giants, the government is said to have a martyrdom complex, some Chevalierians have nicknamed the monarch "Caligula", and artificial intelligences seeking exciting work are overcome with ennui. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chevalier's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Chevalier is ranked 105,214^th in the world and 69^th in KAISERREICH for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 1,719.15 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.