The People's Republic of Chronotopica is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by M Bak with an even hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, smutty television, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.105 billion Chronotopicans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bakhtin City. The average income tax rate is 91.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Chronotopican economy, worth 203 trillion krons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Cheese Exports. Average income is 96,868 krons, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prolonged government investigations are a common revenge tactic among spurned significant others, mountain rescue missions can end with more people lost than found, exceptionally healthy police officers can sprint after crooks for hours on end, and t-shirts displaying a photo of M Bak performing the Full-Monty are selling out. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chronotopica's national animal is the Kākāpō, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Chronotopica is ranked 10,030^th in the world and 7^th in Atlanticana for Highest Food Quality, scoring 160.55 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.