The Republic of Chel is a mammoth, efficient nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, avowedly heterosexual populace, and suspicion of poets. The devout population of 8.783 billion Chelians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 49.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Chelian economy, worth 626 trillion scraps a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Gambling, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 71,373 scraps, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government's fruit business reeks of rotting produce and corruption, the people consider response to rudeness to be an acceptable casus belli, the new foreign policy is "why bother invading neighbours when they can be bought wholesale?", and death row inmates cower in fear at the phrase "one-year anniversary". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chel's national animal is the robot.

Chel is ranked 243,977^th in the world and 3,556^th in Remembrance for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 102.19 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.