The ⓧ Holy Kingdom ⓧ of Cherik is a massive, genial nation, ruled by M with a fair hand, and notable for its smutty television, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.183 billion Chrikrs are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of X-Mansion. The average income tax rate is 67.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Cherikian economy, worth 334 trillion Xcoin ⓧs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 105,024 Xcoin ⓧs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens know never to accept cookies from strangers, animal control is going door-to-door releasing all pets back into the wild, new funding allows inner city teachers to replace school laptops almost as fast as they get stolen, and tuba players are paid to quietly whisper into their instruments. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Cherik's national animal is the Bat 🦅, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Spark ✨.

Cherik is ranked 45,567^th in the world and 1^st in XMen for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 1,521.61 on the Societal Mobility Rating.