The Shadowed Shores of Chipoli is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Ilya Romanov with an iron fist, and renowned for its aversion to nipples, daily referendums, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 9.368 billion Chipolians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chipolia. The average income tax rate is 75.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Chipolian economy, worth 928 trillion Rupans a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 99,132 Rupans, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Garden stores are not allowed to sell water butts, large areas of Chipoli are not accessible by the public, major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, and people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chipoli's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Chipoli is ranked 200,689^th in the world and 3,220^th in The North Pacific for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -3.3 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.