The Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by King Sigismund II Augustus with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 20.245 billion Poland-Lithuanians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Krakow. The average income tax rate is 65.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Poland-Lithuanian economy, worth a remarkable 2,403 trillion Golds 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 118,737 Golds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Returning tourists and businessmen are detained without trial if they belong to the "wrong" religion, nine-year-olds are discovering that they can grow gardens in real life too, scientists take credit every time it rains in Philosophers, and report cards now include a 'Pain Tolerance' grading column. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Poland-Lithuania's national animal is the Elephant, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Poland-Lithuania is ranked 322,904^th in the world and 46^th in Philosophers for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -11.6 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.