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The United Islands of Polacianth is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Ferdinand Van Pitt with an iron fist, and renowned for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 5.077 billion Polacesse 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bacuppt. The average income tax rate is 74.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Polace economy, worth 243 trillion Polacianth Dollars a year, is highly specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 47,894 Polacianth Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

1% of global paper production is bound for the National Archive, the government provides its citizenry with the same mass produced rations, imprisonment is the leading cause of disownment, and policemen regularly conduct midnight raids on closed donut shops to 'collect evidence'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Polacianth's national animal is the Ant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Polacianth is ranked 50,014^th in the world and 90^th in Conch Kingdom for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 5,127.72 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.