The Commonwealth of Dr Charles is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.086 billion Dr Charlesians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 57.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Dr Charlesian economy, worth 103 trillion currencies a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 95,165 currencies, with the richest citizens earning 6.3 times as much as the poorest.

Escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky, students are explicitly allowed to write answers on their forearms before exams, a suspicious number of John Smiths are known to donate to Dr Charlesian politicians, and the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Dr Charles City Times is sold out. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dr Charles's national animal is the animal, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Dr Charles is ranked 37,433^rd in the world and 83^rd in Charleslandia for Nicest Citizens, with 18.96 average smiles per day.