The Republic of Charles 13 is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 556 million Charles 13ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 66.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Charles 13ian economy, worth 21.5 trillion Coins 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 led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 38,732 Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

When shaking hands with foreign leaders Leader wears an armoured gauntlet, politicians accepting drinks in bars are executed for taking bribes, marine biology students are shocked to discover that a whale is a mammal, and young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Charles 13's national animal is the Animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Charles 13 is ranked 304,266^th in the world and 229^th in Voidwolf for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 13,052.75 Standard Monetary Units.