The Republic of Charles 69 is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and avant-garde cinema. The cynical population of 374 million Charles 69ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 48.1%.

The very strong Charles 69ian economy, worth 26.3 trillion Coins a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Cheese Exports, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 70,397 Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Signs at the border tell international drivers where they can put their cars, shivering secretaries type letters under torrential downpours in open-roof offices, Little League matches are often attended by riot police with water cannon... just in case, and scientists take credit every time it rains in Charleslandia. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Charles 69's national animal is the Animal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Charles 69 is ranked 91,415^th in the world and 137^th in Charleslandia for Highest Poor Incomes, with 33,389.29 Standard Monetary Units.