The United People's Kingdom of Charavent is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by People's King Vendel I of Halász with a fair hand, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, sprawling nuclear power plants, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 9.425 billion Charaventians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vorosduna. The average income tax rate is 18.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Charaventian economy, worth a remarkable 2,188 trillion sterinas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 232,191 sterinas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Artists count down the years until People's King Vendel I of Halász is allowed to listen to their music, the rich are often stinkingly so, it's hard to speak ill of the dead when you don't speak of them at all, and structures are raised on promises. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Charavent's national animal is the wolf, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Charavent is ranked 5,549^th in the world and 7^th in Flanelistan for Highest Poor Incomes, with 160,185.2 Standard Monetary Units.