The Winter's Reich of Schzestania Republik is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Letty Whiterock with an even hand, and notable for its avant-garde cinema, ubiquitous missile silos, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 23.822 billion snow yuki onas 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kupala. The average income tax rate is 72.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Schzestania Republikian economy, worth a remarkable 3,046 trillion Panwas 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing and Information Technology. 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 an impressive 127,874 Panwas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Sexuality-questioning teenagers are placed in locked rooms with dirty magazines and lewd posters, the military perceives nations hit by natural disasters as "easy pickings", adult magazines are having a sales resurgence as internet anonymity disappears, and unwary hikers climbing the bluffs of Mount Kupala make great practice for foreign snipers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Schzestania Republik's national animal is the Ice Faerie, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Communism.

Schzestania Republik is ranked 291,433^rd in the world and 3^rd in The Frozen Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -21.4 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.