The Democratic People's Republic of Cold edge is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Provisional Government with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, unlimited-speed roads, and public floggings. The hard-nosed population of 2.114 billion North face are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yankton. The average income tax rate is 46.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse North face economy, worth 198 trillion CE won a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 93,818 CE won, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The police insist that racism does not exist, when flight control tells pilots to alter course the usual reply is "No, YOU move!", the importance of winning Olympic gold medals is indoctrinated from an early age, and praying before a battle is a court-martial offence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cold edge's national animal is the Tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Shintoism.

Cold edge is ranked 85,681^st in the world and 457^th in Europe for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 2,977.11 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.