The Elasticity of Plastic-Man is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic population of 44.562 billion Plastic-Manians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 70.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Plastic-Manian economy, worth 872 trillion bounced checks 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, extremely specialized black market in Trout Farming and Cheese Exports. 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 19,577 bounced checks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Plastic-Man's national animal is the rubber chicken, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Plastic-Man is ranked 127,426^th in the world and 3^rd in Justice League for Lowest Crime Rates, with 62.97 law-abiding acts per hour.