The Federal Republic of Polugaria is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Probatski with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, hatred of cheese, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 20.775 billion Polugarians 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Novo Gdanśk. The average income tax rate is 90.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Polugarian economy, worth a remarkable 1,716 trillion Głownoes a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 82,624 Głownoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Economists have been named Invertebrates of the Year, the nation's hospitals are criticized for caring more about profits than patients, political talk shows often have children as guests whenever they need commentary on world religions, and one tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Polugaria's national animal is the Polar Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Polugaria is ranked 262,347^th in the world and 252^nd in Wintreath for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.72 kickbacks per hour.