The United Socialist States of Polish Colonies is a mid-sized, orderly nation, renowned for its pith helmet sales, compulsory military service, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 62 million inter galactic Poles 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 56.6%.

The sizeable but inefficient Polish Coloniesian economy, worth 2.67 trillion Shekels 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 slick, highly efficient black market in Trout Farming, Cheese Exports, and Woodchip Exports. 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 43,081 Shekels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

The Ministry of Truthiness now manages the entire media industry, the government builds houses for foreign newcomers, the nation's ambassadors often conduct their business in jail cells, and psychological disorders are a taboo subject. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Polish Colonies's national animal is the Glowie, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Polish Colonies is ranked 226,972^nd in the world and 51^st in Free Market Federation for Highest Average Incomes, with 43,081.71 Standard Monetary Units.