The Most Laziest Confederation of Cold Edge is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by The LDPCE Party with an even hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, smutty television, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 7.157 billion Japanese Russians and Koreans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Paradise. The average income tax rate is 69.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient cold edge citizen economy, worth a remarkable 1,527 trillion Yen-Won-Rubles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 213,490 Yen-Won-Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Finance Ministry posts hourly updates on where taxpayer money is spent, Paradise University is said to be the modern-day Tower of Babel, many marriages go virtually unconsummated, and government reports are now used to teach toddlers to read. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cold Edge's national animal is the Akita Inu, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Cold Edge is ranked 3,288^th in the world and 3^rd in Council of Asia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 675.51 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.