The Republic of Charles E is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate population of 488 million Charles Eians 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 large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 51.4%.

The thriving Charles Eian economy, worth 36.2 trillion coins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Trout Farming, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 74,243 coins, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 305,342 per year while the poor average 11,901, a ratio of 25.7 to 1.

Gay hospital patients are labelled with a pink triangle to alert staff of their substandard blood, orphans would rather live their life of luxury than be adopted by prospective parents, the Holy Office of the Inquisition is the highest court in the land, and droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Charles E's national animal is the animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Charles E is ranked 172,447^th in the world and 116^th in Charleslandia for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 36,082.45 Standard Monetary Units.