The United Socialist States of Plutonious is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Al Capone with a fair hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.654 billion Plutoniuns are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Plivo. The average income tax rate is 77.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Plutoniousian economy, worth 162 trillion Ploots a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 98,202 Ploots, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Armed war-criminals gain asylum if deemed 'fabulous' enough, a commonwealth of equal nations recognises that Plutonious is a bit more equal than the others, the consent form for routine blood pressure measurement has been nominated for the 'Novel Of The Year' award, and abortions are routinely performed in the nation's hospitals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Plutonious's national animal is the Leptictidium, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism.

Plutonious is ranked 4,898^th in the world and 24^th in Gay for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 2,759.8 on the Clooney Contribution Index.