The Disputed Territories of Snow 4 is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, public floggings, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.465 billion Snow 4ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 41.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Snow 4ian economy, worth 366 trillion moons 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 large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, Gambling, and Book Publishing. 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 82,157 moons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Social care for the elderly consists of a self help leaflet and a kick on the backside, trespassers entering Leader's office are immediately vaporized, chess hooliganism is on the rise after the banning of organised sports, and doctors prescribe medicines but they rarely dispense hope or compassion. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Snow 4's national animal is the horse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Snow 4 is ranked 174,433^rd in the world and 7,727^th in Balder for Lowest Crime Rates, with 58.92 law-abiding acts per hour.