The Emirate of Pladypus is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 348 million Pladypusians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 69.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Pladypusian economy, worth 3.18 trillion Rovas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Pizza Delivery, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 9,141 Rovas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pladypus's national animal is the Platypus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Pladypus is ranked 205,108^th in the world and 3^rd in Augustin Alliance for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 293.68 on the Gilded Widget Scale.