The Republic of Charles Puppet 5 is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, state-planned economy, and lack of airports. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 992 million Charles Puppet 5ians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 49.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Charles Puppet 5ian economy, worth 85.2 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 large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. 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 85,921 Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Hordes of gardening enthusiasts are being banished from cities nationwide, muscular women are banned from competing in sporting competitions, wedding bands come in pairs to form wedding manacles, and public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Charles Puppet 5's national animal is the Animal, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Charles Puppet 5 is ranked 83,996^th in the world and 82^nd in Charleslandia for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 3,454.42 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.