The Boreal Valley of Antarc is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Jimimbo with a fair hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 8.96 billion Antarcians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arctowski. The average income tax rate is 92.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Antarctic economy, worth 863 trillion Rous a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. Average income is 96,353 Rous, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Political visitors are forced to stop ten paces from Jimimbo's throne, weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them, things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication, and the government officially wants you to slow down and speak more clearly. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Antarc's national animal is the Ermine, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Antarc is ranked 43,897^th in the world and 12^th in Arctic for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 4,360.38 on the Gilded Widget Scale.