The Republic of Charles Puppet 27 is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, soft-spoken computers, and public floggings. The compassionate, devout population of 1.03 billion Charles Puppet 27ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 55.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Charles Puppet 27ian economy, worth 78.5 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 black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, 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 76,165 Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Foreigners write "made in Charles Puppet 27" on shoddy merchandise in hope of receiving a buy-out, citizens are expected to be proficient in at least five languages, gun ownership is compulsory, and residents are readily ratting out rats in restaurants. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Charles Puppet 27's national animal is the Animal, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Charles Puppet 27 is ranked 71,142^nd in the world and 88^th in Charleslandia for Safest, scoring 95.36 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.