The Federal Commonwealth of Polarea is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by First Minister Elysia Lynne with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, anti-smoking policies, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 21.513 billion Polareans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Göteborg. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Polarean economy, worth a remarkable 5,031 trillion Polar Crowns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 233,892 Polar Crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

When their backs are against the walls Polareans look out for gay men, staffers take uppers in the old upper house chamber, the government is promoting multicultural values with the new 'Just Be Nice, OK?' initiative, and First Minister Elysia Lynne's exquisite office door is replaced monthly due to angry petitioners. Crime is totally unknown. Polarea's national animal is the Reindeer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Polarea is ranked 327,844^th in the world and 34^th in Arctic for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -14.51 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.