The Federal Republic of Polvers is a massive, orderly nation, notable for its compulsory military service, triple-decker prams, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.179 billion Polversians 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 medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 26.7%.

The Polversian economy, worth 103 trillion Dobees a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 47,529 Dobees, with the richest citizens earning 5.0 times as much as the poorest.

Only native-born Polversians who have never left the nation are permitted to run for office, tourists are denied entry because of a distant relative married to a Lilliputian, more than one company makes the board game Monopoly, and Mr Happy's Funland has just been named Polvers's new capital. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Polvers's national animal is the Bressoud, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Polvers is ranked 102,380^th in the world and 1^st in Command for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,378.63 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.