The Republic of Charles 28 is a huge, genial nation, notable for its public floggings, enslaved workforce, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 588 million Charles 28ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 58.9%.

The all-consuming Charles 28ian economy, worth 51.0 trillion Coins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 86,709 Coins, with the richest citizens earning 6.4 times as much as the poorest.

School nurse's offices feature full-service operating suites, the Charles 28 City Prison Revue puts on a better stage show than anything in the Theatre District, clerics are taught that silence is golden and duct tape is silver, and a good deed is rewarded with a thank you note attached to a deportation order. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Charles 28's national animal is the Animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Charles 28 is ranked 130,679^th in the world and 102^nd in Voidwolf for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 2,021.21 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.