The Borderlands of Inevitable Charles is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, ritual sacrifices, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate, devout population of 1.064 billion Inevitable Charlesians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 42.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Inevitable Charlesian economy, worth 108 trillion currencies a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 101,545 currencies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, there is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality, prisons are filled with the cackles and sobs of a deranged inmate population, and the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Inevitable Charles's national animal is the animal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Inevitable Charles is ranked 204,009^th in the world and 126^th in Charleslandia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -1.61 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.