The Republic of Chum Chum 29 is a huge, pleasant nation, remarkable for its suspicion of poets. The hard-working population of 556 million Chum Chum 29ians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 23.4%.

The Chum Chum 29ian economy, worth 22.6 trillion florins a year, is led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 40,647 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

It is illegal to make racist remarks in public, TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, and the Chum Chum 29 City Prison Revue puts on a better stage show than anything in the Theatre District. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chum Chum 29's national animal is the penguin.

Chum Chum 29 is ranked 70,674^th in the world and 947^th in eta for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 3,904.86 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.