The Protectoral Zone of Autonomous Trans-Antarctica is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by High Senate with an iron fist, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, complete lack of prisons, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 6.904 billion Antarcticans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Education, although Industry, Administration, and Defense are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Basisstadt. The average income tax rate is 96.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Antarctican economy, worth a remarkable 2,967 trillion IDCS 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. 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 an amazing 429,877 IDCS, with the richest citizens earning 8.1 times as much as the poorest.

International terrorists often get their weapons supply in Autonomous Trans-Antarctica, children dream of becoming physicians and physicists, forest fires have dropped dramatically as there are hardly any forests left, and five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Autonomous Trans-Antarctica's national animal is the Orca, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Atheism.

Autonomous Trans-Antarctica is ranked 124^th in the world and 4^th in The North Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 23,466.03 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.