The Fading Halo of Puerto Plata is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Leader with an iron fist, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, ritual sacrifices, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 30.609 billion Puerto Platans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Puerto Plata. The average income tax rate is 48.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Puerto Platan economy, worth a remarkable 5,808 trillion pesos a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 189,757 pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Immigrants who don't like the taste of Puerto Platan Turnip Chips are immediately deported, thousands of children die every day from easily curable illnesses, the face of Leader is a permanent feature of the Puerto Plata skyline, and an exhibition on lion memes is currently starring at the National Art Gallery. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Puerto Plata's national animal is the lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Puerto Plata is ranked 80,817^th in the world and 4,390^th in Balder for Lowest Crime Rates, with 68.42 law-abiding acts per hour.