The Republic of Charmless is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.804 billion Charmlessians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Industry is also considered important, while Education and Environment are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 2.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Charmlessian economy, worth a remarkable 2,502 trillion currencies a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. Average income is an amazing 320,718 currencies, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,991,198 per year while the poor average 3,047, a ratio of 981 to 1.

Politicians literally speak literally, foreigners are treated with great suspicion, the term "Native Charmlessian" has been redefined as anyone with the same skin color as the majority, and distrust of taps has many people bathing only with bottled mineral water. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Charmless's national animal is the animal, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Charmless is ranked 317,275^th in the world and 60^th in Vickenian experiment incubator for Safest, scoring 1.1 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.