The Republic of Charles 7 is a very large, efficient nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical population of 458 million Charles 7ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 57.1%.

The very strong Charles 7ian economy, worth 31.6 trillion Coins a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 69,011 Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

It is cheaper to die in the wilderness than to survive, invasive drug testing is now performed at elementary school sports days, young adults still believe that Animals deliver newborns to expecting parents, and most believe it doesn't hurt to embrace free trade. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Charles 7's national animal is the Animal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Charles 7 is ranked 274,666^th in the world and 1^st in Smely PooP for Most Cultured, scoring 59 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.