The Dependency of Antarctic Ocean Colony is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 23.599 billion Antarctic Oceanians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 24.4%.

The strong Antarctic Ocean Colonial economy, worth 960 trillion antarctica saars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Woodchip Exports, and Soda Sales. Average income is 40,697 antarctica saars, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

Children have taken to using semaphore in light of the recent mobile phone ban, the government funds large training centres to turn antarctic petrels into functioning members of society, elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, and the Antarctic Ocean Colony Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon'. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Antarctic Ocean Colony's national animal is the antarctic petrel.

Antarctic Ocean Colony is ranked 38,959^th in the world and 3^rd in Ocean for Most Primitive, scoring 63.64 on the Scary Big Number Scale.