The Republic of Charles 2 is a mid-sized, genial nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working population of 56 million Charles 2ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 27.5%.

The strong Charles 2ian economy, worth 2.83 trillion Coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 50,534 Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Internet moderators work overtime to remove memes comparing Leader to cartoon bears, mathematics majors learn about new ways to model their crushing debt, business is adjusting to new gender equality policies in the workplace, and legislators work 24/7 due to an influx of single-issue bills. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Charles 2's national animal is the Animal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Charles 2 is ranked 101,199^th in the world and 16^th in Voidwolf for Most Corrupt Governments, with 14.54 kickbacks per hour.