The Empire of Charner is a small, safe nation, remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical population of 26 million Charnerians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 52.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Charnerian economy, worth 1.04 trillion retreiviers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 40,064 retreiviers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pilgrims from across the world come to Charner to worship a glowing tree with a face carved on it, the Supreme Court vehemently protects civil rights and the right to privacy, mathematics majors learn about new ways to model their crushing debt, and acknowledgement of minority groups is usually a Trojan horse. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Charner's national animal is the golden retreiver.

Charner is ranked 176,564^th in the world and 44^th in Sparkalia for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 1,426.82 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.