The Disputed Territories of Snow 9 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its frequent executions, national health service, and exploding hoverboards. The cynical, devout population of 4.374 billion Snow 9ians 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 enormous, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 59.1%.

The very strong Snow 9ian economy, worth 213 trillion moons a year, is quite specialized and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Woodchip Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 48,901 moons, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 157,789 per year while the poor average 11,461, a ratio of 13.8 to 1.

Teen parties are often ruined by wet blanket chaperones, employers are finding it hard to screen candidates now that everyone gets A grades in their exams, God took rock and roll from you, took rock and roll from everyone, and citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Snow 9's national animal is the horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Snow 9 is ranked 6,084^th in the world and 287^th in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 63.13 law-abiding acts per hour.