The Republic of Chease is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, notable for its absence of drug laws and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working population of 5.942 billion Cheaseans enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The tiny, liberal, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.3%.

The very strong Cheasean economy, worth 338 trillion deniers a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Woodchip Exports, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 56,906 deniers, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 230,731 per year while the poor average 9,342, a ratio of 24.7 to 1.

Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Chease's national animal is the panther, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Chease is ranked 138,877^th in the world and 2^nd in Hard Cheese for Highest Average Incomes, with 56,906.79 Standard Monetary Units.