The Islamic Socialist Republic of Polaz is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Premier of the Unified Polian Front with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, keen interest in outer space, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, devout population of 2.984 billion Polians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Boreal Crest. The average income tax rate is 71.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Polian economy, worth 364 trillion Tundra Shards a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 122,298 Tundra Shards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Guarding the border has made every citizen good at staring contests, roadside walls are being built and mother nature is paying for it, Boreal Crest Preparatory School for the Exceedingly Wealthy's basketball team is having a few off-years, and the nation honors the inventor of the three-wheeled steam-powered Polian weed picker. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Polaz's national animal is the Ironclaw Basilisk, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Islam.

Polaz is ranked 178,223^rd in the world and 34^th in The Empire of Walbard for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 63.96 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.