The Republic of Future Charles is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, compulsory gun ownership, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 921 million Future 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 38.6%.

The thriving Future Charlesian economy, worth 70.3 trillion Coins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 76,303 Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Teenagers are told they're not thinking about sex enough, all beauty contests have been banned, emergency vehicles have built-in nudge bars to give uncooperative drivers a "gentle" push, and the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Future Charles's national animal is the Animal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Future Charles is ranked 322,323^rd in the world and 255^th in Charleslandia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -12.37 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.