The State of Chalcedon is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and renowned for its complete lack of public education, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 23.9 billion Chalcedonians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.7%.

The very strong Chalcedonian economy, worth 911 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 38,142 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 259,322 per year while the poor average 2,049, a ratio of 126 to 1.

The government is reining in public spending, voting is voluntary, Chalcedon has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Chalcedon in an international press conference. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Chalcedon's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Chalcedon is ranked 288,568^th in the world and 9^th in Wellington for Lowest Crime Rates, with 34.52 law-abiding acts per hour.