The Imperium of Chalybea is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Valerius Severus with an iron fist, and remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, state-planned economy, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 25.251 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 9,696 trillion Testimonium Laboris a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 384,007 Testimonium Laboris, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Endangered bison are herded across the border to prevent them from trampling on native prairie grass, medical staff can legally quiet people who ask for a second helping of Salisbury steak, no one questions why the chicken crossed the road anymore, and goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter. 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 2,600^th in the world and 7^th in Fifth Empire for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 11,025.56 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.