The Imperium of Chalybea is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Valerius Severus with an iron fist, and renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, infamous sell-swords, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 25.436 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, moralistic, 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 9,893 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 388,957 Testimonium Laboris, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Self-driving cars are unpopular due to suspicion that they murder their passengers, newspapers cannot report anything about politicians without their explicit consent, the CBI Channel Tunnel project is plagued by delays, and the state-controlled media salutes those about to spy. 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 1,338^th in the world and 12^th in Fifth Empire for Highest Average Incomes, with 388,957.86 Standard Monetary Units.