The Card fiend by the name of New Charles is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Sólbjarþur Arnviðsson with a fair hand, and renowned for its conspicuous electricity pylons, rampant corporate plagiarism, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 2.68 billion New Charlesians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sjófjallastaður. The average income tax rate is 94.5%.

The frighteningly efficient New Charlesian economy, worth 358 trillion Krónas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 133,934 Krónas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, the government keeps introducing new foreign species to combat the previous ones it has introduced, scientists recently cloned the long-extinct feather-bellied Narfálki, and the nation locks people up and tells them they're mad for compassion's sake. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Charles's national animal is the Narfálki, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Cardism.

New Charles is ranked 2,855^th in the world and 120^th in The North Pacific for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 10,596.44 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.