The Placommonwealth of Placuchia is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic population of 612 million Placuchians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Placuchburg. The average income tax rate is 24.0%.

The thriving Placuchian economy, worth 63.6 trillion Plars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 103,913 Plars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web, the government spends more on chasing distant comets than on basic infrastructure, it is mandatory to learn evolution in schools, and copies of the constitution are used as toilet paper. Crime is totally unknown. Placuchia's national animal is the Hermit Crab, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Placuchia is ranked 84,127^th in the world and 133^rd in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,016.64 on the Gilded Widget Scale.