The Unforgiving Cold of Arctic Lands is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Elizaveta Dubravina with an even hand, and notable for its national health service, anti-smoking policies, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate population of 6.798 billion Arctisans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Moscow. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Arctisian economy, worth a remarkable 1,707 trillion work-hours a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 251,197 work-hours, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The children of Arctic Lands are often remarked upon for their cheery attitude to extreme violence, drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web, the Museum of Blackacrean War Crimes is located on "Blackacre Did Nothing Wrong Avenue", and people faint regularly as they get stuck with compulsory vaccinations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arctic Lands's national animal is the Double-headed Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is incorrect beliefs.

Arctic Lands is ranked 4,552^nd in the world and 73^rd in the Rejected Realms for Highest Food Quality, scoring 207.44 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.