The Federal Republic of Plazar is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, lack of airports, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate, humorless population of 1.299 billion Plazarians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 82.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Plazarian economy, worth 133 trillion Euros 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 102,976 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Parents are fined for sending their children to take out the trash after sunset, pareidolic SETI scientists swear there's a message from aliens hidden within pi, whipping posts and lashes have been transferred to the Historical Museum of Plazarian Embarrassments, and daring to agree with another politician is grounds for instant dismissal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Plazar's national animal is the Pillar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Plazar is ranked 281,128^th in the world and 1,001^st in Concord for Nicest Citizens, with 4 average smiles per day.