The Republic of Polansk is a mammoth, cultured nation, notable for its smutty television, complete lack of prisons, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 5.809 billion Polanskians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 80.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Polanskian economy, worth 994 trillion zloties a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 171,157 zloties, with the richest citizens earning 8.5 times as much as the poorest.

Increasing numbers of children in Polansk have different eye and hair color to their supposed fathers, the police go to great efforts to seize contraband favored by politicians on the police oversight committee, colonies are told they'll get their sovereignty back when they finish supper, and abortion is only legal in unusual circumstances. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Polansk's national animal is the Grizzly Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Polansk is ranked 165,074^th in the world and 201^st in Christians for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 659.61 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.