The Federal Republic of Checholand is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by President Sergio Mansilla with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, otherworldly petting zoo, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 16.687 billion Checholandians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Industry, Education, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Welfare is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Caterland. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14.4%.

The all-consuming Checholandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,731 trillion Checoins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 103,771 Checoins, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Murder is sanctioned if the legal paperwork is filled out correctly, no-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium, blackface performers claim they are being deliberately ironic, and the government response to disaster victims starving for bread is "let them eat stale cake". Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Checholand's national animal is the Bald Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Checholand is ranked 219,465^th in the world and 6^th in North Pacific for Highest Food Quality, scoring 10.3 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.