The Dictatorship of Platypus Bureaucracy is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The cynical population of 4.171 billion Platypuses 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 enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 71.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Platypus Bureaucracyian economy, worth 49.7 trillion Sticks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Cheese Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 11,911 Sticks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Platypus Bureaucracy's national animal is the Platypus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Platypus Bureaucracy is ranked 52,257^th in the world and 2,480^th in Osiris for Safest, scoring 102.57 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.