The Snow in the Summer of Francois Isidore is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Lady Kurumi with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 9.454 billion North Pacificans 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sowtown. The average income tax rate is 47.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving North Pacifican economy, worth 706 trillion Assignats a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 74,754 Assignats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Homeless people can be found sleeping on streets in front of unoccupied second homes, pizzerias often get delivery orders for Saturn and alien first-born are considered a delicacy (Francois Isidore has found 2 easter eggs), smoking is banned in public areas, and volunteers are signing up to take arms against an incursion of flesh-eating zombies (Francois Isidore has found 2 easter eggs). Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Francois Isidore's national animal is the Gallic Rooster, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheists.

Francois Isidore is ranked 141,150^th in the world and 3,122^nd in The North Pacific for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,027.78 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.