The Republic of Charles Intelligence Agency 2 is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 594 million Charles Intelligence Agency 2ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 70.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Charles Intelligence Agency 2ian economy, worth 46.8 trillion currencies a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 78,721 currencies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Professional athletes juggle part-time jobs to avoid bankruptcy, the navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust, the government seizes all major gold finds, and fashion magazine covers finally display realistic body images following photo-manipulation becoming illegal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Charles Intelligence Agency 2's national animal is the animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Charles Intelligence Agency 2 is ranked 268,339^th in the world and 3^rd in Cult of Koem Kab for Largest Populations, with 594 million capita.