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The Benevolent Dictatorship of Polinasia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Politan with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 11.705 billion Polinasians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Poly City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Polinasian economy, worth a remarkable 2,987 trillion Denarii a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 255,221 Denarii, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 749,968 per year while the poor average 68,425, a ratio of 11.0 to 1.

City workers have declared that rolling markets aren't good for business after all, residents of newly dried out bays live in fear of leaky dikes, official maps have to be revised on a weekly basis, and the new universal healthcare system has been dubbed Politan-care by its detractors. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Polinasia's national animal is the Panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Polinasia is ranked 76,519^th in the world and 559^th in the Pacific for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 3,467.72 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.