The Theocracy of Cholis is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, smutty television, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 1.901 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 70.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cholisian economy, worth 221 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 116,246 lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

There are six more weeks of winter if a northerner sees his shadow, cremation is compulsory for the deceased, the government terminates employment with extreme prejudice, and male cubicle workers stand up every time a woman enters the room. 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 263,627^th in the world and 966^th in Concord for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 24.83 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.