The State of Cheln is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the Governor with an even hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 33.727 billion Chelnians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 70.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Chelnian economy, worth 520 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Tourism. Average income is 15,421 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cheln is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, Cheln has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, The Governor has just been declared ruler of Cheln in an international press conference, and sometimes a whole prison wing will house a single prisoner. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cheln's national animal is the deer, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Cheln is ranked 143,055^th in the world and 6^th in Malaysia for Most Primitive, scoring -49.6 on the Scary Big Number Scale.