The Democratic States of Chimore crafting cope-ium is a massive, orderly nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, public floggings, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.276 billion Chimore crafting cope-iumians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 64.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Chimore crafting cope-iumian economy, worth 467 trillion Freedom Units a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 142,564 Freedom Units, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 447,772 per year while the poor average 34,754, a ratio of 12.9 to 1.

Buses are widely regarded as the safest way to travel, enemy governments seem especially interested in Chimore crafting cope-ium's election cycle, cane fights are a common sight in nursing homes, and dreams of entering the Super League have been relegated to the history books. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chimore crafting cope-ium's national animal is the Democrat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Chimore crafting cope-ium is ranked 15,452^nd in the world and 34^th in Chimore for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 9,215.31 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.