The Democratic Republic of Charlaton is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by lanlol with a fair hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, daily referendums, and unlimited-speed roads. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.995 billion Charlatonians 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 large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hallders. The average income tax rate is 91.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Charlatonian economy, worth a remarkable 1,287 trillion kellars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 161,080 kellars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Legend has it lanlol's shower singing echoes through the halls of government, the Museum of Blackacrean War Crimes is located on "Blackacre Did Nothing Wrong Avenue", there's a bright dawn ahead for Charlaton, and foreign despots proudly bandstand on Charlatonian airwaves. Crime is totally unknown. Charlaton's national animal is the Deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Marxism-Leninism-Maosim.

Charlaton is ranked 167,370^th in the world and 318^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 523.53 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.