The Disputed Territories of Snow 26 is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its strictly enforced bedtime, fear of technology, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.415 billion Snow 26ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 39.7%.

The powerhouse Snow 26ian economy, worth 353 trillion moons a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 80,037 moons, with the richest citizens earning 9.3 times as much as the poorest.

Janitors and factory workers are often better educated than the bosses they work for, tax-payers are funding ever more extravagant movie projects, students and teachers are regularly stopped and searched for symbols of religious affiliation before class, and owning a really cute pet is grounds for immediate investigation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Snow 26's national animal is the horse, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Snow 26 is ranked 101,844^th in the world and 5,149^th in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 65.63 law-abiding acts per hour.