The Unforgiving Cold of Arctic Lands is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Andrey Bunkernyy with an even hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, frequent executions, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 2.114 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 97.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Arctisian economy, worth 381 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 180,694 labor vouchers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The number of judges has tripled in recent months, NationStates is now a popular brand of laxatives despite Max Barry's protests, school plays were recently banned due to concerns of child endangerment, and high-tech infantry rifles automatically reload when the soldier shoots outside the screen of their helmet HUD. 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 15,548^th in the world and 491^st in the Rejected Realms for Most Patriotic, with 53.31 flags saluted per person per day.