The Dictatorship of Plaige is a tiny, safe nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 12 million Plaigeans 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, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 72.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Plaigean economy, worth 200 billion supremes 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 significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 16,716 supremes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Getting a haircut is a punishable offence, citizens who don't follow a major religion are closely monitored for signs of self-harm, advertisements for jobs in the sciences run in fashion magazines, and clergy who start talking about politics are forced to take a holy vow of silence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Plaige's national animal is the supreme leader, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Plaige is ranked 307,088^th in the world and 81^st in Tarkin for Highest Average Incomes, with 16,716.89 Standard Monetary Units.