The Federation of Chimms is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by 001 with an even hand, and remarkable for its parental licensing program, smutty television, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 13.171 billion Chimmsians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Estergan. The average income tax rate is 85.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Chimmsian economy, worth a remarkable 2,414 trillion Chimm Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 183,326 Chimm Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Diaper-wrapped shawarma is a fan-favorite, lobotomised jaywalkers can barely ambulate let alone repeat their offences, kids learn to count without the numbers '0' or '1', and celebrities sit helplessly as they are labeled "pompous womples" by 001. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chimms's national animal is the Plorgus, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Chimms is ranked 25,149^th in the world and 1,283^rd in Lazarus for Most Developed, scoring 85.34 on the Human Development Index.