The State of Channing Russell is a gargantuan, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 10.921 billion Channing Russellians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 37.5%.

The Channing Russellian economy, worth 397 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Pizza Delivery, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 36,430 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Elections have been outlawed. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Channing Russell's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Channing Russell is ranked 198,935^th in the world and 1^st in Gitega for Lowest Crime Rates, with 56.76 law-abiding acts per hour.