The Constitutional Monarchy of Chithal is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Chancellor Trahaearn Ceurd with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 26.861 billion Chithalians 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Erothi. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 83.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Chithalian economy, worth a remarkable 2,974 trillion Shurs a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is an impressive 110,743 Shurs, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

Earrings are the hottest way to make a political statement, it's all white elephants on parade, foreign leaders who don't applaud Chancellor Trahaearn Ceurd's speeches are regarded as enemies of Chithal, and bewildered steelworkers cook caviar in the microwave. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chithal's national animal is the crocodile, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Violetism.

Chithal is ranked 13,650^th in the world and 10^th in Valaryia for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 83.75 Effective Tax Rate.