The Holy Empire of Charles zi Britannia is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, frequent executions, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.867 billion Charles zi Britannians 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Education also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. The average income tax rate is 19.6%.

The very strong Charles zi Britannian economy, worth 144 trillion deniers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 77,403 deniers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Children are terrified that the 'flying police monster' will come to take them away in the night, all telephone traffic is monitored for 'national security reasons', signs at the border tell international drivers where they can put their cars, and the Foreign Ministry thinks an eye for an eye is a blindingly good idea. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Charles zi Britannia's national animal is the squirrel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Charles zi Britannia is ranked 137,434^th in the world and 6,708^th in Lazarus for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 715.99 on the Gilded Widget Scale.