The Massiv military powrhous of Platypustopia is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by A platypus with an iron fist, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, anti-smoking policies, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.152 billion Platypustopians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Platypus town. The average income tax rate is 68.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Platypustopian economy, worth 181 trillion Platypus shapd coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 157,881 Platypus shapd coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The new Really Big Telescope has been praised for presenting pictures of bright dots in unprecedented detail, gangs have taken to secret handshakes after tattoos were banned, the government would rather execute a hundred innocent men than let one guilty one appeal a verdict, and the government is denying reports that criminals injected with experimental drugs have turned into monstrous supervillains. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Platypustopia's national animal is the Platypus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is No.

Platypustopia is ranked 39,432^nd in the world and 51^st in Concord for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 4,727.42 on the Gilded Widget Scale.