The United Socialist States of Chapter Planta is a very large, genial nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 234 million Comrades are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 67.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Plantain Comrade economy, worth 5.42 trillion Planta Rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 23,166 Planta Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All the playground's a stage for Plantain Comrade schoolchildren, birth rates have hit an all-time low, board shorts have replaced board rooms, and they say that one should speak softly and carry a big broomstick. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chapter Planta's national animal is the Stalin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Chapter Planta is ranked 287,591^st in the world and 604^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Developed, scoring 47.93 on the Human Development Index.