The Republic of Ch103 is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, national health service, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.786 billion Ch103ians 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, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 79.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Ch103ian economy, worth 592 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 123,887 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 8.7 times as much as the poorest.

Rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century, students at universities think exercise bikes are pieces of abstract art, citizens need a magnifying glass and color chart to distinguish between nearly identical brand labels, and research into 'designer babies' is banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ch103's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ch103 is ranked 41,240^th in the world and 50^th in Avril Lavigne Nation for Highest Average Incomes, with 123,887.79 Standard Monetary Units.