The Frozen Heart of The White Witch is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Jadis with an iron fist, and renowned for its ritual sacrifices, fear of technology, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 12.795 billion Charns are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The White Castle. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 86.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Charnian economy, worth a remarkable 1,468 trillion coins a year, is highly specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 114,739 coins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 331,340 per year while the poor average 31,523, a ratio of 10.5 to 1.

The military is researching proton packs and PK-meters to combat "unseen enemy forces", the most commonly-worn shoes are concrete ones, door-to-door salesmen are frequently beaten up by 'vigilantes', and critics of Jadis literally can't find their head on their shoulders. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The White Witch's national animal is the Polar Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The White Witch is ranked 318,362^nd in the world and 72^nd in Yorkshire for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -11.53 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.