The Republic of Charles 31 is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and avant-garde cinema. The compassionate population of 569 million Charles 31ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 53.7%.

The strong Charles 31ian economy, worth 36.7 trillion Coins 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 black market in Information Technology, Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. 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 64,530 Coins, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are exhausted from weekly general elections, ill and injured visitors in Charles 31 have to walk it off until they return home, Merry Birthday is a popular protest song despite the risk of fines and royalty dues, and phone taps are frequently carried out by the police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Charles 31's national animal is the Animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Charles 31 is ranked 235,872^nd in the world and 186^th in Voidwolf for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 29,877.5 Standard Monetary Units.