The Realm of Democratic Chanum Ter Heak is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Chip Skylark with an iron fist, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, sprawling nuclear power plants, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, cheerful population of 5.157 billion Democratic Chanum Ter Heakians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cyberia. The average income tax rate is 81.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Democratic Chanum Ter Heakian economy, worth 713 trillion Coins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Retail. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 138,265 Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Selling your granddad's clothes requires an incredible amount of paperwork, the recently unemployed can often be seen at the local homeless shelter, the pursuit of wanted criminals ends at the entrance of the pay'n'spray garage as police refuse to enter any private property, and it's illegal to be caught on tape. Crime is totally unknown. Democratic Chanum Ter Heak's national animal is the Eel, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Democratic Chanum Ter Heak is ranked 52,160^th in the world and 902^nd in the South Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 26.61 flags saluted per person per day.