The Republic of Snow Halation is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Honoka Kousaka with a fair hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.838 billion Snow Halationians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tokyo. The average income tax rate is 69.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Snow Halationian economy, worth 774 trillion snow crystals a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 98,822 snow crystals, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Grade school teachers mark homework with red "CITATION NEEDED" stamps, internet trolls are considered valiant supporters of the right to free speech, Jennifer Government is a bestseller, and arbitration is mightier than the sword. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Snow Halation's national animal is the Siberian Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Snow Halation is ranked 67,316^th in the world and 1^st in Yugiri Tsuzuri for Highest Average Incomes, with 98,822.15 Standard Monetary Units.