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The Borderlands of Glaciertop

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The Borderlands of Glaciertop is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by The Lord-Baron with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, zero percent divorce rate, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 4.321 billion Glaciertopians 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, corrupt, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Glaciertop. Income tax is unheard of.

The powerhouse Glaciertopian economy, worth a remarkable 1,083 trillion Yeti Toenails a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is an amazing 250,826 Yeti Toenails, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Getting an infected tattoo is considered a rite of passage in Glaciertop, almost all of the nation's water is piped into the country from abroad for exorbitant prices, land owners find the earth being pulled out from under them, and the sound of office water cooler chatter has been replaced by the whirring of computer cooling fans. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Glaciertop's national animal is the Yeti, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Yetism.

Glaciertop is ranked 30,800^th in the world and 1^st in Santas Workshop for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,617.58 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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