The Republic of Chriona is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Chancellor Malyk with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 1.054 billion Chrionans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Endeavour. The average income tax rate is 66.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Chrionan economy, worth 85.0 trillion Krions a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 80,627 Krions, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hospitals have to sell their computers on vBay in order to afford the ransomware decryption payments, immigrants who don't like the taste of Chrionan Turnip Chips are immediately deported, metal detectors have been banned after a bottle cap caused a riot at the beach, and sports fans complain that cricket tests now last an unbearable ten days. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chriona's national animal is the Sheba, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Chriona is ranked 182,821^st in the world and 3,566^th in The East Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 45.3 billion Standard Monetary Units.