The Empire of The chocolates is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its triple-decker prams, prohibition of alcohol, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 202 million Chocolates 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, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Law & Order, with Defense, Industry, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Education receives no funds. The average income tax rate is 31.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Chocolate economy, worth 18.8 trillion Official Chocolates currencies a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 93,233 Official Chocolates currencies, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The institution of marriage is held sacred and strictly enforced, adulthood begins with the creation of an email account, the state has declared war on the environment and environmentalists by association, and prisons are filled with the cackles and sobs of a deranged inmate population. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. The chocolates's national animal is the Emu, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The chocolates is ranked 79,252^nd in the world and 2^nd in Chocolate territory for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 99.26 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.