The Sovereign Republic of Plifte is a titanic, safe nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and national health service. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 11.507 billion Plifteans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Education, with Industry, Administration, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mordajavia. The average income tax rate is 69.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Pliftean economy, worth a remarkable 1,693 trillion florins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 147,162 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Diplomats miss flights while wandering Mordajavia Airport's endless art maze, the Pliftean government is the world's largest NGO, entomologists flock to Mordajavia for its remarkable gadfly population, and old people living in plastic bubbles complain about a new type of social isolation. Crime is totally unknown. Plifte's national animal is the wolf, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Plifte is ranked 278,606^th in the world and 173^rd in Forest for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring -77.22 on the Hayek Index.