The Republic of -Platina is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 233 million Platinans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 52.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient -Platinan economy, worth 7.68 trillion Pesos a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 32,981 Pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Lavish state dinners in -Platina City are the state's leading budgetary expenditure, political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations, euthanasia is legal, and the automotive industry soaks up huge government handouts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Platina's national animal is the Buffalo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

-Platina is ranked 190,026^th in the world and 114^th in The Western Isles for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.