The Empire of Charpathya is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor JKB S with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service, anti-smoking policies, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, cheerful population of 13.253 billion Charpathyans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Charpat. The average income tax rate is 35.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Charpathyan economy, worth a remarkable 3,542 trillion Ethers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 267,324 Ethers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Motorists' locations are constantly tracked by intelligence and law enforcement agencies, the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters, the subway is dead quiet in early afternoons, and toast never burns but always has a weird chemical taste. Crime is totally unknown. Charpathya's national animal is the Charpion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Transcendence.

Charpathya is ranked 12,277^th in the world and 1^st in Shambala for Lowest Crime Rates, with 97.42 law-abiding acts per hour.