The Commonwealth of Antarctic Colonies is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Chief Executive Orlean with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 5.645 billion Antarcticans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vostok. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 34.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Antarctican economy, worth a remarkable 1,090 trillion Antarctic Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 193,252 Antarctic Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

Souvenir shops that sell alphorns are taking advantage of gullible tourists, unemployed accountants keep double-entry ledgers of their benefit claims, the nation is so apathetic that Antarcticans can barely find the energy to bring new issues to the government, and youth rights demonstrations often end in vicious snowball fights. Crime is totally unknown. Antarctic Colonies's national animal is the Adélie penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Antarctic Colonies is ranked 17,578^th in the world and 328^th in the South Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 7,629.92 on the Gilded Widget Scale.