The Imperium of Chalybea is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Valerius Severus with an iron fist, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, ubiquitous missile silos, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 24.782 billion Chalybeans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ferrum. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Chalybean economy, worth a remarkable 9,148 trillion Testimonium Laboris 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 369,173 Testimonium Laboris, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Getting an autograph has become harder than ever, citizens are regularly arrested in queues for 'loitering', lovesick people are told 'it's not them, it's you', and all facts are created equal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chalybea's national animal is the Homo Sapiens, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Aristeianism.

Chalybea is ranked 252^nd in the world and 3^rd in Fifth Empire for Lowest Crime Rates, with 237.57 law-abiding acts per hour.