The Eisige Kalte of Tiefgefroren is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Julia with an even hand, and renowned for its complete lack of public education, absence of drug laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 30.065 billion Tiefgefrorenians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of minus 18. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Tiefgefrorenian economy, worth a remarkable 5,357 trillion icecubes a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Soda Sales, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 178,192 icecubes, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,645,404 per year while the poor average 1,906, a ratio of 863 to 1.

Only 'organics' are permitted to be citizens, the government is outsourcing itself, Jennifer Government is a bestseller, and the new 'Things We Stole From Other Countries' exhibition at the National Museum of Antiquities is a hit. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Tiefgefroren's national animal is the fish stick, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is IceCult.

Tiefgefroren is ranked 50,420^th in the world and 2,841^st in Balder for Most Corrupt Governments, with 39.11 kickbacks per hour.