The Nomadic Thalassate of Chippan is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Chip Leader with a fair hand, and notable for its national health service, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and public floggings. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.116 billion Chippanians 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 medium-sized, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Neo Chippa. The average income tax rate is 84.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Chippanian economy, worth 180 trillion microlamboes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 161,653 microlamboes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Chip Leader is frequently seen begging critics to stop insulting the government, politicians who misplace decimal points on expense reports are fired for gross incompetence, janitors and factory workers are often better educated than the bosses they work for, and the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chippan's national animal is the stingray, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Chippan is ranked 11,108^th in the world and 9^th in Horizon for Largest Information Technology Sector, scoring 30,502.24 on the Fann-Boi Productivity Index.