The Imperium of Chalybea is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Valerius Severus with an iron fist, and remarkable for its closed borders, ubiquitous missile silos, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 25.18 billion Chalybeans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ferrum. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Chalybean economy, worth a remarkable 9,618 trillion Testimonium Laboris 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 major contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 381,991 Testimonium Laboris, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Preschoolers practice disarming active shooters before naptime, hit TV show 'The eXecution Factor' is a critical success, any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property, and a recent political speech drew the ire of nerds everywhere after the speaker claimed that Darth Vader was Harry Potter's father. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chalybea's national animal is the Homo Sapiens, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Aristeianism.

Chalybea is ranked 2,631^st in the world and 7^th in Fifth Empire for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 10,940.05 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.