The Republic of Charles 50 is a huge, genial nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 524 million Charles 50ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 47.6%.

The powerhouse Charles 50ian economy, worth 43.7 trillion Coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Retail, Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 83,467 Coins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 266,751 per year while the poor average 19,840, a ratio of 13.4 to 1.

The military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, mechanics are often exhausted by their work, people boast about their low income on their dating profiles, and major cities are suffering under water rationing. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Charles 50's national animal is the Animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Charles 50 is ranked 309,148^th in the world and 227^th in Charleslandia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -9.85 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.