The Republic of Charles Puppet 9 is a massive, genial nation, notable for its ritual sacrifices, national health service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 1.038 billion Charles Puppet 9ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 39.8%.

The strong Charles Puppet 9ian economy, worth 73.0 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, quite specialized black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Furniture Restoration. 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 70,308 Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Anyone with an emergency on a holy day is advised to pray harder, fair-weather fans talk during plays while die-hard theatre enthusiasts stay at home, people on the brink of death are put through unwanted and stressful procedures, and not even adulthood can save you from truant officers. 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 9's national animal is the Animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Charles Puppet 9 is ranked 313,877^th in the world and 238^th in Charleslandia for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -13.36 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.