The Colony of Polvik is a tiny, cultured nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 12 million Polvikians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and International Aid. The average income tax rate is 64.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Polvikian economy, worth 244 billion Gunardian Standard Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Retail, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 20,309 Gunardian Standard Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Religious households enthusiastically use whips in private, buses are widely regarded as the safest way to travel, dogs are encouraged to confront the psychodynamic roots of their desire to be "good boys", and the government recently donated a surfboard to an impoverished family in a landlocked region. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Polvik's national animal is the Polik Whale, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Polvik is ranked 46,040^th in the world and 7^th in Kellick Isles for Nicest Citizens, with 18.02 average smiles per day.