The Peoples Socialist Republic of Cholekiagrad is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Mikhail Lanonov with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 6.932 billion Choleks are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chelyan. The average income tax rate is 97.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Cholekian economy, worth a remarkable 1,355 trillion Shukas 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, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 195,539 Shukas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Museum visitors often bring lemons and black lights, people who eat pizza with lactase supplements are arrested by the flavour police, starving citizens are offered nuclear pasta, and every computer glitch triggers an immediate counter-espionage response. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cholekiagrad's national animal is the Cholek Pariah Dog, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Cholekiagrad is ranked 52,500^th in the world and 62^nd in The Communist Bloc for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 19,600.67 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.