The Aristocratic Republic of Chernistiv is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by the National Assembly with an iron fist, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, triple-decker prams, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.75 billion Chernistivians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government is dominated by the Department of Defense, although Education, Administration, and Industry are also considered important, while International Aid and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Core. The average income tax rate is 94.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Chernistivian economy, worth a remarkable 3,359 trillion Libras a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 383,888 Libras, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,897,693 per year while the poor average 44,139, a ratio of 43.0 to 1.

A suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League, running a hot dog stand is harder than achieving a doctorate, colonists who were promised new lands find only war-torn devastation, and homeowners are evicted to make way for new runways. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Chernistiv's national animal is the Amoeba, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Qro'Zlarmar Rationalism.

Chernistiv is ranked 251,413^th in the world and 201^st in Fifth Empire for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring zero on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.