The Scorched Earth of CHERN0BYL 2 is a huge, efficient nation, ruled by Name Unknown with an iron fist, and notable for its vat-grown people, complete lack of prisons, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 913 million Irradiated are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Administration, Education, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Underground Chernobyl. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 27.3%.

The powerhouse Irradiated economy, worth 111 trillion Radiations a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 122,412 Radiations, with the richest citizens earning 6.9 times as much as the poorest.

Whenever pilots have to bail out the government bails out their company, victims of limb-mauling industrial accidents are told to keep working with their remaining hand, internet moderator is one of the most popular jobs among the nation's more socially awkward citizens, and the nationalised Arms Manufacturing Industry is not interested in making weapons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. CHERN0BYL 2's national animal is the Platypus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

CHERN0BYL 2 is ranked 210,989^th in the world and 10,624^th in The North Pacific for Fattest Citizens, with 9.22 Obesity Rate.