What was the General Government?

I've been having trouble understanding the General Government based in Warsaw during WW2. What was it exactly? What purpose did it serve? Why didn't Germany just annex the area?
 
It was a completely lawless sandbox for the Nazis to do whatever they pleased. If they annexed it, they'd have to apply even the most basic piece of the legal system to the region.
 
It was basically an area to house the Poles as they rapidly colonized Poland. It was planned to be eventually annexed...without the Poles.
 
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