The Luftwaffe Kingdom of Poltono is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Reinhardt I with a fair hand, and notable for its national health service, frequent executions, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.288 billion Poltonians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Frankfurt am Main. The average income tax rate is 17.9%.

The Poltonian economy, worth 74.2 trillion Poltonian Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 57,598 Poltonian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

A favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, the transit system is throwing poor people under the bus, mountain rescue missions can end with more people lost than found, and funeral mourners ridesharing with the deceased are encouraged to sit on the coffin to save room. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Poltono's national animal is the Kitten, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is onion.

Poltono is ranked 137,636^th in the world and 6,771^st in Lazarus for Most Developed, scoring 56.66 on the Human Development Index.