The Boreal Valley of Antarc is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Temmie with a fair hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 13.699 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 enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arctowski. The average income tax rate is 91.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Antarctic economy, worth a remarkable 1,421 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 major contributions from Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 103,778 Rous, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Armed war-criminals gain asylum if deemed 'fabulous' enough, it is said that the captain goes down with the ship but ecological protection goes up, weekly religious services often resemble campaign rallies, and the nation's space program is doxxing the planet. 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 is also the nation's favorite main course.

Antarc is ranked 301,282^nd in the world and 32^nd in Arctic for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring -6.32 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.