The Nomadic Thalassate of Chippan is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Leader with a fair hand, and renowned for its rampant corporate plagiarism, national health service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.473 billion Chippanians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, 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 91.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Chippanian economy, worth 256 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 173,989 microlamboes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crowds of flag-burning protesters tend to accidentally become crowds of burning protesters, incarcerated crime lords manage their empires from massage tables, the nation's taxpayers pay for foreign governments' extravagances, and torture is illegal. 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 272,557^th in the world and 766^th in Horizon for Fattest Citizens, with 6.56 Obesity Rate.