The Core World of Kharnus is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Emperor Kharn X with an iron fist, and notable for its irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 1.292 billion Kharnians are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Citadel Prime. The average income tax rate is 23.5%.

The Kharnian economy, worth 55.8 trillion Hysos a year, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Soda Sales, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 43,212 Hysos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Clergy never mention brand names for fear of losing their government subsidies, Emperor Kharn X has been self-declared as the Most Supreme Magnificent Overlord of Everything You Ever Saw, the Faith of Sagittarius has been named as Kharnus's national religion, and five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kharnus's national animal is the Gleax and its national religion is the Faith of Sagittarius.

Kharnus is ranked 128,499^th in the world and 668^th in Europeia for Most Beautiful Environments, with 534.07 pounds of wildlife per square mile.