The Republic of Charles Puppet 22 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, disturbing lack of elderly people, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, devout population of 1.006 billion Charles Puppet 22ians 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 Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 39.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Charles Puppet 22ian economy, worth 83.2 trillion Coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 82,695 Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Whipping posts and lashes have been transferred to the Historical Museum of Charles Puppet 22ian Embarrassments, internet searches for the inventor of the three-wheeled steam-powered Charles Puppet 22ian weed picker are way up, throwing a sickie is a serious crime, and a major religion has been named as Charles Puppet 22's national religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Charles Puppet 22's national animal is the Animal, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Charles Puppet 22 is ranked 73,238^th in the world and 80^th in Charleslandia for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,718.73 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.