The Republic of Charles Puppet 34 is a huge, genial nation, notable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, infamous sell-swords, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 983 million Charles Puppet 34ians 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 enormous, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.9%.

The powerhouse Charles Puppet 34ian economy, worth 65.8 trillion Coins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Basket Weaving, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 66,967 Coins, with the richest citizens earning 6.2 times as much as the poorest.

Videogames like 'Equalia: Knights of Self-Confidence' are proving inexplicably unpopular, tie-dye has been outlawed for being 'too occult', a new guerrilla marketing campaign for tap water involves government agents spraying random citizens with hose water, and the internet has been placed under government control. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Charles Puppet 34's national animal is the Animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Charles Puppet 34 is ranked 104,324^th in the world and 97^th in Charleslandia for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 2,790.3 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.