The Unforgiving Cold of Arctic Lands is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Andrey Bunkernyy with an even hand, and remarkable for its vat-grown people, smutty television, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate population of 2.137 billion Arctisans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Moscow. The average income tax rate is 97.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Arctisian economy, worth 388 trillion labor vouchers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 181,611 labor vouchers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Neighbourhood gossips whip up controversy about those receiving adult merchandise, the derisively named "Morlocks of Moria" futilely demand time in the sun, excited shovel-bearing geeks wander the countryside, and protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arctic Lands's national animal is the Double-headed Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Luxizism.

Arctic Lands is ranked 2,917^th in the world and 89^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 707.29 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.