The United Republic of Chandora is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Zepellin with an even hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The devout population of 3.484 billion Chandorans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stowborough. The average income tax rate is 63.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Chandoran economy, worth 149 trillion Chandoran Dollars a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 42,835 Chandoran Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Education is transforming people into first-rate snobs, a referendum must be held in order for any new law to be passed, the citizenship exam requires years of study to actually pass, and war memorials have been modified to include hammocks for napping. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chandora's national animal is the Yellowhammer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Drewism.

Chandora is ranked 32,411^th in the world and 1,662^nd in Balder for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 6,711.54 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.