The Disputed Territories of Snow 51 is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its closed borders, barren, inhospitable landscape, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 4.413 billion Snow 51ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 43.7%.

The Snow 51ian economy, worth 212 trillion moons a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 48,235 moons, with the richest citizens earning 5.0 times as much as the poorest.

'Police Academy 36' and 'Sharknados On A Plane' are vying for top spot at the box-office, the army spends more time producing 'romantic videos' than actually training soldiers, former gun owners are finding that brandishing paintball guns isn't as satisfying as the real thing, and 'Totally Not Partisan News' is a line item on the government budget. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Snow 51's national animal is the horse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Snow 51 is ranked 262,394^th in the world and 9,856^th in Balder for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -8.38 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.