The Placommonwealth of Placuchia is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, democratic population of 508 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 very strong Placuchian economy, worth 47.8 trillion Plars 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 slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. 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 94,044 Plars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Placuchia is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, the poor are often seen pale and dizzy after selling their blood to make ends meet, most people suffer from some form of hearing loss, and trails to natural wonders are littered with trash from reality film crews. Crime is totally unknown. Placuchia's national animal is the Hermit Crab, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Placuchia is ranked 119,482^nd in the world and 186^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Lowest Crime Rates, with 63.91 law-abiding acts per hour.