The Republic of Charles F is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its soft-spoken computers, zero percent divorce rate, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical population of 533 million Charles Fians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 29.8%.

The Charles Fian economy, worth 33.6 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, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 63,027 coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Patriots insist that size does matter, students who refuse to pray are expelled from school, unemployed mercenaries drift the country looking for new careers, and fans doing the wave routinely disrupt the finals of Go tournaments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Charles F's national animal is the animal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Charles F is ranked 112,074^th in the world and 248^th in Charleslandia for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 2,274.61 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.