The Socialist Federation of East Chirea is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Hanmin with an even hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, sprawling nuclear power plants, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 10.12 billion Hanin 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 Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kejo-Shi. The average income tax rate is 95.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Hanin economy, worth a remarkable 1,742 trillion Hanyins 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 172,181 Hanyins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is giving peace a chance, astronauts take one small step for East Chirea and one giant step backward from confrontation, polling place volunteers are suddenly opening a huge number of offshore bank accounts, and schoolboys who turn to watch pretty girls go by are given detention. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. East Chirea's national animal is the Tiger, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

East Chirea is ranked 24,726^th in the world and 1,468^th in Lazarus for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 6,376.65 on the Gilded Widget Scale.