The Constitutional Republic of Snow And Ice Caps is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Russell Alexander I with a fair hand, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, keen interest in outer space, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 10.665 billion Icishmen live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of SnowPort. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Icish economy, worth a remarkable 2,176 trillion Frozes a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. Average income is an amazing 204,045 Frozes, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,143,270 per year while the poor average 18,069, a ratio of 63.3 to 1.

Libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars, members of ethnic minorities are more often called "boy" or "girl" than by their actual names, high school principals regularly send armed truancy patrols to drag problem students to school, and classes at SnowPort University get canceled on Brancaland's Independence Day. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Snow And Ice Caps's national animal is the White Wolf, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Snow And Ice Caps is ranked 319,054^th in the world and 14,494^th in Lazarus for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -24.29 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.