The Borderlands of Glaciertop is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by The Lord-Baron with a fair hand, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, frequent executions, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 3.919 billion Glaciertopians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The medium-sized, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Glaciertop. The average income tax rate is 86.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Glaciertopian economy, worth a remarkable 1,460 trillion Yeti Toenails a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 372,695 Yeti Toenails, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits, the nation's soldiers often believe they're in the Air Force, the Glaciertopian Intelligence Agency relies on internet search engines to know what is happening overseas, and virtually all of the country's economic activity takes place in New Glaciertop. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Glaciertop's national animal is the Yeti, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Yetism.

Glaciertop is ranked 3,631^st in the world and 1^st in Santas Workshop for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 15,804.93 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.