The Colony of Hunter Polaris is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, complete lack of prisons, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic population of 40.273 billion Hunter Polarisians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Social Policy, and Public Transport. The average income tax rate is 75.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Hunter Polarisian economy, worth 717 trillion credits 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, highly specialized black market in Furniture Restoration, Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. 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 17,814 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hunter Polaris's national animal is the wraith, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Hunter Polaris is ranked 97,896^th in the world and 2,479^th in the Rejected Realms for Lowest Crime Rates, with 66.12 law-abiding acts per hour.