The Armed Republic of Antarctica Special Forces 1st Battalion is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 219 million Antarctica Special Forces 1st Battalionians are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 40.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Antarctica Special Forces 1st Battalionian economy, worth 4.20 trillion mierkheis 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, highly specialized black market in Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Gambling. 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 19,178 mierkheis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Antarctica Special Forces 1st Battalion's national animal is the grey wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Antarctica Special Forces 1st Battalion is ranked 245,574^th in the world and 5,182^nd in the Rejected Realms for Largest Populations, with 219 million capita.