The Commonwealth of Chronus is a massive, genial nation, ruled by The People with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, complete lack of prisons, and smutty television. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.515 billion Chronusians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kairos. The average income tax rate is 60.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Chronusian economy, worth 206 trillion Kroner a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 136,180 Kroner, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Park rangers perform full-body searches on suspected fungus smugglers, the new foreign policy is "why bother invading neighbours when they can be bought wholesale?", five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars, and bus ads propagandize causes ranging from sexual revolution to religious pogroms. Crime is totally unknown. Chronus's national animal is the Black Cat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Secularism.

Chronus is ranked 13,802^nd in the world and 190^th in Europe for Most Valuable International Artwork, with 22.91 Bank.