The Democratic States of Chardas is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, strictly enforced bedtime, and compulsory vegetarianism. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.654 billion Chardasians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 78.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Chardasian economy, worth 232 trillion Quetzals a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Automobile Manufacturing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 140,467 Quetzals, with the richest citizens earning 5.0 times as much as the poorest.

Hospitals are amongst the best-funded in the region, the central politburo bears the fruits of everyone's labor, the only things written in the stars are arrest warrants for astrologers, and childish pranks are no laughing matter. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chardas's national animal is the Chinchilla, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Chardas is ranked 253,124^th in the world and 366^th in Concord for Largest Black Market, with 166 billion Standard Monetary Units.