The Republic of Polleend is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 1.175 billion Polleendians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 61.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Polleendian economy, worth 129 trillion Zloties a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 110,024 Zloties, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Invasive drug testing is now performed at elementary school sports days, everybody's got wood thanks to Leader, young girls and senior citizens alike can be spotted wearing colourful short shorts, and teachers are routinely tested to keep their jobs. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Polleend's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Polleend is ranked 41,677^th in the world and 1,398^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 172.09 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.