The Empire of Pflanzia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Emperor Leon the Young with an iron fist, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 22.241 billion Pflanzians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Plantinis City. The average income tax rate is 99.5%.

The very strong Pflanzian economy, worth a remarkable 3,861 trillion Pflanzes a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 173,628 Pflanzes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Stony-faced prosecutors play loud gangster rap music during court proceedings, meat prices are soaring as the farming industry struggle under government-imposed restrictions, political dissidents are cut off from essential services, and the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pflanzia's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Catholic.

Pflanzia is ranked 15,675^th in the world and 980^th in Balder for Highest Poor Incomes, with 102,986.96 Standard Monetary Units.