The Theocracy of Cholis is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, aversion to nipples, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 1.894 billion Cholisians 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 Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 71.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cholisian economy, worth 216 trillion lire a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 114,108 lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Commerce on Cholisian soil has entered foreign territory, demolition derbies mostly consist of bicycles crashing into each other, children making baking soda volcanos are questioned by the police, and newly synthesized elements' half-lives are a million times shorter than the time it takes to say their names. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cholis's national animal is the parrot, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Cholis is ranked 81,079^th in the world and 339^th in Concord for Longest Average Lifespans, with 76.19 years.