The Kingdom of Chandol is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its avant-garde cinema, keen interest in outer space, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 10.213 billion Chandolians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 41.8%.

The powerhouse Chandolian economy, worth 810 trillion rupees a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 79,362 rupees, with the richest citizens earning 6.2 times as much as the poorest.

Wanting a better life for your child is prohibited by a clause in the criminal code, Chandol has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers, and no-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chandol's national animal is the cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Chandol is ranked 180,875^th in the world and 2^nd in Danube for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 59.5 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.