The Democratic States of Republic Polos is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Victor Richard with an iron fist, and notable for its closed borders, keen interest in outer space, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 4.422 billion Republic Polosians 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, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of POLOS CITY. The average income tax rate is 62.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Republic Polosian economy, worth 538 trillion Polosies a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 121,747 Polosies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Forty-year-old men are asked for their ID before watching the latest pony cartoon movies, all guns must be registered, explicit slash fiction is repackaged for kindergarten kids as stories about friends cuddling friends, and the nation is automatically assumed to be the source of all unmarked weapons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Republic Polos's national animal is the Snake, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Republic Polos is ranked 42,817^th in the world and 23^rd in Karma for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 22,700.93 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.