The Commonwealth of Snowlantis is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its anti-smoking policies, prohibition of alcohol, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 14 million Snowlantisians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 28.3%.

The Snowlantisian economy, worth 859 billion Snow coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 61,373 Snow coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Appliance stores are finding spy cameras embedded in their unboxed merchandise, agreeing to appear on TV is often the best way to access social care, hidden bedroom-cams are installed to catch mothers doing their kids' homework, and acupuncture is routinely prescribed for intravenous drug addicts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Snowlantis's national animal is the Puffin, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Snowlantis is ranked 83,333^rd in the world and 2^nd in The Achesonian Liberationists for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 115.11 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.