The Commonwealth of Chip Skylark is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Chip Skylark with an even hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 14.895 billion Chip Skylarkians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dimmsdale. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Chip Skylarkian economy, worth a remarkable 4,248 trillion Shiny Teeths a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 285,251 Shiny Teeths, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Chip Skylark's office has a newly installed Max-Man arcade game programmed by a 5th-grader, the Chip Skylarkian Intelligence Agency relies on internet search engines to know what is happening overseas, genocide is seen as a topic best avoided in history lessons, and traumatised refugees have a full bedpan shoved into their hands along with their immigration papers. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chip Skylark's national animal is the Fairy Godparents, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Nope.

Chip Skylark is ranked 833^rd in the world and 20^th in 10000 Islands for Highest Poor Incomes, with 237,315.68 Standard Monetary Units.