The Grand Duchy of Plontan is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. The quiet, industrious population of 24.315 billion Plontanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 36.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The enormous but inefficient Plontanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,013 trillion Plons a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 41,681 Plons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

High-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, all tariffs have been abolished, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, and military funding has been stripped back. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Plontan's national animal is the pony.

Plontan is ranked 122,429^th in the world and 4,013^th in Lazarus for Most Primitive, scoring -36.74 on the Scary Big Number Scale.