The Antipodal Sidler of Sidlearctica is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Sleve McDichael with an iron fist, and renowned for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.764 billion Sidlearcticans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Little Sidlearctica. The average income tax rate is 69.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Sidlearctican economy, worth 108 trillion huisbrouwsels 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Pizza Delivery. 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 28,767 huisbrouwsels, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Political commentators say that Sleve McDichael's fruitcake plans are about to go pear-shaped, the nation's government buildings are remarkable for being ugly concrete boxes, parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list, and tours to see the 'wild men of the mountains' are popular with tourists from the big cities. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sidlearctica's national animal is the sidler and its national religion is Sidlism.

Sidlearctica is ranked 294,778^th in the world and 50^th in USSR for Highest Average Incomes, with 28,767.42 Standard Monetary Units.