The Republic of Charles S is a very large, cultured nation, remarkable for its closed borders, compulsory military service, and otherworldly petting zoo. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 427 million Charles Sians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 35.5%.

The very strong Charles Sian economy, worth 25.0 trillion coins a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 58,455 coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Roads are littered with memorials for roadkill, gigantic new prisons are springing up all over the nation, all beauty contests have been banned, and the government has an "easy come, easy go" policy on youth crime. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Charles S's national animal is the animal.

Charles S is ranked 314,589^th in the world and 235^th in Charleslandia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -10.58 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.