The Halcyon Republic of Polanas is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Jan Istaroth with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 5.201 billion Polanesians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Warsaw. The average income tax rate is 87.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Polanesian economy, worth a remarkable 1,023 trillion Polanesian Złoties a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 196,705 Polanesian Złoties, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The thin blue line is composed of picketing police officers demanding better pensions, sales of disinfectant wipes have skyrocketed, politicians have to be granted day-release from prison to speak on bills, and online terrorists are automatically assigned adverts for cheap balaclavas. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Polanas's national animal is the White Heron, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Polanas is ranked 3,079^th in the world and 1^st in Halcyona for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 24,424.26 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.