The Chicness of Chik is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Chic McChique with a fair hand, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 26.4 billion Chikans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cheapdale. The average income tax rate is 72.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Chikian economy, worth a remarkable 2,148 trillion checks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Tourism. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 81,365 checks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

For just a few extra checks Chikans can get new driving records with their new cars, funeral directors are frequently looking at their watches during funerals, the regional delicacy of chocolate bombes is deadlier than an unexploded bomb, and RPG fans reminisce fondly about when people thought they were evil and dangerous rather than geeky and socially inept. Crime is relatively low. Chik's national animal is the Chik chicken, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Chikstafariansim.

Chik is ranked 52,507^th in the world and 2^nd in Freshness for Largest Information Technology Sector, scoring 10,501.42 on the Fann-Boi Productivity Index.