The Federal Republic of Chatelleux is a very large, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, infamous sell-swords, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed population of 498 million Chatelleuxians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 40.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Chatelleuxian economy, worth 29.6 trillion Rubios 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 Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 59,426 Rubios, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All government facilities are built in the subterranean citadel of Chatelleux City, parents who refuse to vaccinate their children are given a short jail sentence, depression sinks in after each election when voters realize they are stuck with these people for years, and the question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chatelleux's national animal is the Chatelloix River Wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Chatelleux is ranked 281,210^th in the world and 1^st in Vaeura for Nicest Citizens, with 4 average smiles per day.