The United Islands of Polacianth is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Ferdinand Van Pitt with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.805 billion Polacesse 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 enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bacuppt. The average income tax rate is 69.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Polace economy, worth 189 trillion Polacianth Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Gambling, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 49,900 Polacianth Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

1% of global paper production is bound for the National Archive, the government provides its citizenry with the same mass produced rations, imprisonment is the leading cause of disownment, and policemen regularly conduct midnight raids on closed donut shops to 'collect evidence'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Polacianth's national animal is the Ant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Polacianth is ranked 79,518^th in the world and 47^th in Conch Kingdom for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 2,811.99 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.