The Federal Republic of Chatzesee is a mid-sized, socially progressive nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, democratic population of 56 million Chatzeseers are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 60.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Chatzeseean economy, worth 1.29 trillion Francs a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 23,016 Francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation proudly hosts OstraCon to decide who gets free vacations to the Brancaland tundra, when their backs are against the walls Chatzeseers look out for gay men, fruit pickers with degrees in Cat psychology are a common sight, and populations of two-headed Cats have been found around recently-uncovered archaeological sites. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chatzesee's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Chatzesee is ranked 113,652^nd in the world and 65^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,699.65 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.