The Republic of Charles 72 is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, ban on automobiles, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed population of 506 million Charles 72ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. The average income tax rate is 42.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Charles 72ian economy, worth 47.9 trillion Coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 94,675 Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

It turns out that trees grow on Coins, the new iVote app allows representatives to vote on legislation by launching ill-tempered birds and matching candies, the house always wins, and the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Charles 72's national animal is the Animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Charles 72 is ranked 151,599^th in the world and 86^th in Charleslandia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 964.2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.