The Republic of Charles 62 is a huge, safe nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, enslaved workforce, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 500 million Charles 62ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 37.0%.

The all-consuming Charles 62ian economy, worth 45.6 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 Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Automobile Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. 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 91,119 Coins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 300,783 per year while the poor average 20,651, a ratio of 14.6 to 1.

Fashion magazine covers finally display realistic body images following photo-manipulation becoming illegal, student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned Animalball fields, belligerent citizens shoot at passing clouds for 'violating their airspace', and anti-vaxxers claim that injected children are prone to psychotic breaks when they see the 'Queen of Diamonds' playing card. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Charles 62's national animal is the Animal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Charles 62 is ranked 139,261^st in the world and 74^th in Charleslandia for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 2,144.75 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.