SURPRISE GIFT!!!...

...To everyone on my flist, and anyone reading this. You have just been given, by me, an ACME Build-Your-Own-Planet Kit (tm).
Tell me ALL about the planet you're going to build and occupy. Big population?? Small population?? Desert, Forest, Seashore? Cold and Foggy? Bright and sunny? Technologically advanced? Luddite-ville? What are the politics? Modern time-frame? Futuristic? an idealized past?? or maybe a mythological time that never actually existed?

Take your time, and go into detail.