The Kingdom of Scorched Ice is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Queen Glacielas with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, daily referendums, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 3.11 billion Aestu es | Iceans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fulsere Ignes civitatem. The average income tax rate is 39.4%.

The Scorched Icean economy, worth 159 trillion Coins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Trout Farming, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 51,316 Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Airplanes have giant grilles on their noses to knock drones out of their path, children are sent to either religious or secular schools, a ban on robots in disguise has transformed the entertainment industry, and the regional delicacy of chocolate bombes is deadlier than an unexploded bomb. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Scorched Ice's national animal is the Tardigrade, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Scorched Ice is ranked 90,244^th in the world and 4,212^th in Osiris for Most Developed, scoring 56.72 on the Human Development Index.