The Republic in civil war of Cold edge is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Provisional Government with an even hand, and renowned for its enslaved workforce, daily referendums, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed population of 2.011 billion North face are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Unknown. The average income tax rate is 41.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse North face economy, worth 194 trillion Offshore Yuan a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 96,470 Offshore Yuan, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Extreme political groups are outlawed, the long arm of the law possesses a rather slow hand, couples are discouraged from marrying until they can rank their partner on a scale of one to ten, and a girl's success in life is often linked to her performance in beauty pageants. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cold edge's national animal is the Civil War Tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Unknown.

Cold edge is ranked 6,976^th in the world and 51^st in Europe for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 6,466.19 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.