The Republic in civil war of Cold edge is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Provisional Government with an even hand, and notable for its closed borders, barren, inhospitable landscape, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, devout population of 2.043 billion North face are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Unknown. The average income tax rate is 41.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse North face economy, worth 198 trillion Offshore Yuan 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 a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 96,989 Offshore Yuan, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

A degree of self-hatred is vital for a future in politics, economic planning is exalted as a human art form, hell is not always other people, and cholera is seen as the holiest of diseases. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cold edge's national animal is the Civil War Tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Unknown.

Cold edge is ranked 263,735^th in the world and 1,340^th in Europe for Most Beautiful Environments, with 136.2 pounds of wildlife per square mile.