The Republic of Charles 4 is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its digital currency, daily referendums, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The compassionate population of 533 million Charles 4ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 65.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Charles 4ian economy, worth 35.4 trillion Coins a year, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 66,465 Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Domestic fishermen fly the Charles 4ian flag out of fear of being blown up, the government is denying reports that criminals injected with experimental drugs have turned into monstrous supervillains, the military perceives nations hit by natural disasters as "easy pickings", and people's charity begins and ends at home. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Charles 4's national animal is the Animal, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Charles 4 is ranked 96,783^rd in the world and 2^nd in Nyationstates for Largest Black Market, with 2.64 trillion Standard Monetary Units.