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The Constitutional Republic of Snow And Ice Caps is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by President Russell Alexander with a fair hand, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, flagrant waste-dumping, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 6.745 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 Industry, Healthcare, and Administration. 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 1,264 trillion Frozes a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Soda Sales. Average income is an impressive 187,513 Frozes, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,070,360 per year while the poor average 15,921, a ratio of 67.2 to 1.

Most ambassadors from Snow And Ice Caps retire only a few years after being appointed, it turns out that you actually can put a price on intangible cultural heritage, enemy governments seem especially interested in Snow And Ice Caps's election cycle, and having skeletons in one's closet is no longer just a macabre idiom. 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 2,061^st in the world and 127^th in Lazarus for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 185,825.42 Standard Monetary Units.