The Incorporated States of GreaterPolsnan is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed population of 318 million Polsnan Peoples 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 medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Palmer Mason's City. The average income tax rate is 29.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Polsnan Gate Centre economy, worth 16.6 trillion Gold Ingots a year, is quite specialized and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 52,153 Gold Ingots, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Big Belly is watching you, interest rates mysteriously drop whenever the CBG Governor goes house hunting, foreign policy is mostly just to smile and hope for the best, and ships are encouraged to deliberately run aground onto Polsnan Gate Centre beaches. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. GreaterPolsnan's national animal is the The Odyysey, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

GreaterPolsnan is ranked 221,072^nd in the world and 5,036^th in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 49.01 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.