Population | 233 million |
Currency | Peso |
Animal | Buffalo |
The Republic of -Platina is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, 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 190,026th in the world and 114th in The Western Isles for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : -Platina resigned from the World Assembly.
- : -Platina's influence in The Western Isles rose from "Nipper" to "Minnow".
- : -Platina was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements and the Top 5% for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, Most Beautiful Environments, Most Influential, and Most Average.
- : -Platina was endorsed by The Republic of Yektov.
- : -Platina lodged a message on the The Western Isles Regional Message Board.
- : -Platina endorsed The Presidential Republic of Amestrris.
- : -Platina withdrew its endorsement from The Presidential Republic of Amestrris.
- : -Platina lodged a message on the The Western Isles Regional Message Board.
- : -Platina published "History of Platina ( WIP )" (Factbook: History).
- : -Platina's influence in The Western Isles rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".