The Incorporated States of Chum Chum 5 is a huge, pleasant nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and smutty television. The hard-working population of 534 million Chum Chum 5ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 27.1%.

The strong Chum Chum 5ian economy, worth 21.6 trillion pounds a year, is dominated by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. Average income is 40,487 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's streets have become a winter wonderland of salt and sand, programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, the easiest method of escaping from prison is to take singing lessons, and street graffiti indicates the political party that dominates a neighborhood. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate. Chum Chum 5's national animal is the porpoise, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Chum Chum 5 is ranked 278,939^th in the world and 3,642^nd in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -25.5 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.