The Chicness of Chik is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Chic McChique with a fair hand, and renowned for its smutty television, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 26.866 billion Chikans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cheapdale. The average income tax rate is 73.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Chikian economy, worth a remarkable 2,219 trillion checks a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 82,631 checks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

RPG fans reminisce fondly about when people thought they were evil and dangerous rather than geeky and socially inept, Cheapdale moves with the times, it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, and politicians frequently make unusual poses during speeches in hopes of inspiring the next internet fad. Crime is relatively low. Chik's national animal is the Chik chicken, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Chikstafariansim.

Chik is ranked 26,468^th in the world and 3^rd in Freshness for Largest Black Market, with 86.4 trillion Standard Monetary Units.