The State of Chaldae is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Governor with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, complete lack of prisons, and complete lack of public education. The hard-working, cynical population of 26.186 billion Chaldaeans are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, pro-business, well-organized government is dominated by the Department of Industry, although Defense is also considered important, while Spirituality and Administration are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.4%.

The powerhouse Chaldaean economy, worth 815 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 31,144 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 95,140 per year while the poor average 7,902, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Elections have been outlawed, the automotive industry soaks up huge government handouts, Chaldae has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Chaldae in an international press conference. Crime is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Chaldae's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Chaldae is ranked 65,841^st in the world and 1^st in Bamako for Most Primitive, scoring 41.83 on the Scary Big Number Scale.