The Peoples Socialist Republic of Cholekiagrad is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Mikhail Lanonov with an iron fist, and renowned for its state-planned economy, sprawling nuclear power plants, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 6.992 billion Choleks are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chelyan. The average income tax rate is 97.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Cholekian economy, worth a remarkable 1,365 trillion Shukas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 195,354 Shukas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Decades-serving politicians are now both out of touch and out of time, children are afraid to go out at night due to the ubiquity of hardened jaywalkers, agricultural profit margins are on fire, and a newly discovered small mammal's name translates into Cholekian as 'your finger, you fool'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cholekiagrad's national animal is the Cholek Pariah Dog, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Cholekiagrad is ranked 3,215^th in the world and 85^th in The Communist Bloc for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 97.47 Effective Tax Rate.