The Matriarchy of Mount Charles is a massive, orderly nation, notable for its suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 4.551 billion Mount Charlesians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 24.9%.

The Mount Charlesian economy, worth 191 trillion aurums a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Automobile Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. Average income is 42,027 aurums, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

All major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, organ donation is compulsory, and no one believes anything until it has been strenuously tested and peer-reviewed. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mount Charles's national animal is the bovina.

Mount Charles is ranked 124,123^rd in the world and 1^st in Mount Charles for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 1,926.11 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.