Polly — Political Context on Tap

Political context, supplied to apps#

Polly is internal. It is the political-intelligence engine that supplies context — who leads a country, which government is in power — to the apps that need it. It feeds other apps rather than being opened directly.

• Internal — feeds other apps, not opened directly.
• Knows political leaders and governments.
• Adds the 'who's in charge' layer to analysis.

Who asks Polly#

Anything that reasons about a country needs to know who runs it. Research work and sovereign-credit reports pull that context from Polly so they don't each have to track it separately.

• Research and sovereign-credit work needs political context.
• Minerva and credit reports pull it from Polly.
• One source of political facts across the platform.

Why a shared engine#

Gathering the political picture once and sharing it means every app gets the same, current view — and no app has to keep its own list of who governs where.

• Political facts are gathered once and reused.
• Every app gets the same, current picture.
• No app maintains its own list of who governs where.

For the team#

Polly is an engine, not an app users open. This guide explains the political layer sitting behind the research and credit apps.