The Massiv military powrhous of Platypustopia is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by A platypus with an iron fist, and notable for its state-planned economy, anti-smoking policies, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.152 billion Platypustopians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Platypus town. The average income tax rate is 68.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Platypustopian economy, worth 181 trillion Platypus shapd coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 157,575 Platypus shapd coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Dozens of additional foreign policy specialists have been sent to the country's WA Mission, it's not mass murder when the government does it, weird kids who eat bugs are breaking the law, and the new Really Big Telescope has been praised for presenting pictures of bright dots in unprecedented detail. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Platypustopia's national animal is the Platypus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is No.

Platypustopia is ranked 39,361^st in the world and 51^st in Concord for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 4,735.92 on the Gilded Widget Scale.