The Constitutional Republic of Snow And Ice Caps is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Austin Schneider with a fair hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and flagrant waste-dumping. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 5.587 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. The average income tax rate is 1.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Icish economy, worth 976 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 174,860 Frozes, with the richest citizens earning 5.0 times as much as the poorest.

Religious terrorism is considered to be an Act of God by insurance companies, body doubles and armed bodyguards escort witnesses to and from courtrooms, polling place volunteers are suddenly opening a huge number of offshore bank accounts, and no one is quite sure what many government officials look like. 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 16,818^th in the world and 1,091^st in Lazarus for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 308.32 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.