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Economy
The United States of Antarctica's massive, capitalist mixed economy is predominantly spearheaded by it's huge influence in global markets across the Antarctic Region, holding a GDP of roughly $26.331 trillion Polarian Dollars, making it the largest GDP by country in all of Antarctica. It's justified mainly by it's strong control over it's trading states: Trans-Antarctica, Eastshield, and Sub-Antarctica, all of which feed their cargo and trade commodities to SABER, or the Antarctic Sea Trading Route, which sees hundreds of ships traveling through every day. Average GDP per capita within the country is $11,661.81. The United States is the 2nd largest exporter of goods, and the 1st largest importer of goods.

As a global super power, the United States has adopted a standard currency, which most countries use alongside their own. This currency is known as the Fish, one of the newest currencies. Before this, they used the Pebble, which failed and collapsed due to hyperinflation. Today, it's worth only one-twentieth of a single Fish. Due to the power of the Fish, several countries fixed their own currency to the value of the fish in an effort to maintain equality with the United States. A Fish is worth approximately 75 cents to one Polarian Dollar.

The Private Sector constitutes roughly 81.4% of the economy, while the government accounts for 4.2%. The remaining 14.4% are local government activities.

Trade
SABER produces a majority of the economic growth seen by the United States, due to their control over the largest route. Their advancements in technology, however, has made a lot of their products in high demand in countries wanting a boost to their technological field, such as the teleporter, holographic newspapers, and the internet, although many countries have already developed their own version. Several tech companies have started up in the tech savvy areas of the U.S.A, looking to further improve on the conceptual technology being offered.

Exports

 * O'Berries
 * Oysters
 * Clam
 * Krill
 * Shrimp
 * Fish
 * Seaweed
 * Squid
 * Sea Grapes
 * Sea Lettuce
 * Teleportation Technology
 * Oil
 * Wood
 * Metals
 * Military Technology

Imports

 * Oil
 * Wood
 * Metals
 * Food
 * Military Technology
 * Other assorted fuels
 * Jewelry
 * Precious Metals (gold, silver, etc.)

Major Companies
Several homegrown companies have been successful in the United States of Antarctica. By far, the most successful is the Club Penguin Times, which has spread almost everywhere in the region, and offers true, unbiased views on today's top stories. They have been in business for 15 years, having gone over many name changes and restructuring of the company under Aunt Arctic's leadership. Today, they are flourishing and expanding rapidly, having gone into the holographic newspaper market just recently, trading paper for hologram.

It's worth noting the majority of teleportation companies as well, while not so big, are still expanding rapidly in growth, pioneering new wavelength transport technology for more efficient transport. The government's goal is to achieve 100 mile range of teleportation by the year 2020 using the top model of teleporters. Multiple companies have formed as a result of this industry, such as SonicGreen, the provider and operator of the Antarctic Teleporter Network, or ATN. They receive and distribute teleporters from Teleporters' INC., which operates a subdivision for Emperorlands known as Emperorlands Teleporters. Despite the monopoly held by these companies, however, several small teleport companies are popping up rapidly, such as TeleNet, which promise to be "biohazard free."

The United States of Antarctica also produces military technology under a division of Pulse Holdings called SnoBoll, a weapons company specializing in heavy defensive capabilities as well as utilizing the environment to their advantage. The government placed several heavy bids toward Pulse Holdings to establish a company to boost their military defenses after hearing good word from other nations regarding their technology. The company now exists as the word on environmental adaptive warfare, and is rising to become a key contractor for the USA.

Major Industries
The size and scale of the United States' economy allows for a wide variety of industries to grow, flourish and export goods all over the region to other companies.

Chemical products, such as oil, jet fuel, and ship fuel, are the leading manufacturing field in the economy. They are the largest producer of oil in the region, as well as the largest importer of this, mainly due to Antarctic Inc.'s large market share, being the largest company/conglomerate in the region. The agricultural sector is only taking up 1% of the GDP, however, losing out by a milestone to technology. The United States is the top producer of electricity in the region as well, using both nuclear, coal, and oil to power their enormous country.

Technology is the second leading in the economy, boasting 35% of the market. They're predominantly held by the two big corporations of the field: Micro Hard and Soft and Peach Inc., producing software for roughly 95% of the computer market at any given time. Coming in at a close third to Peach Inc. is Eureka!, Antarctica's only practical search engine, boasting a natural monopoly over the market. Snowtendo is the only company in the direct consumer entertainment and technology market, coming in at a 4th place. Other companies, such as TeleNet occupy this space.

Processed foods are 3rd, holding 10% of the market. The leading company to hold this would be Pizza 7, claiming to have "a branch in every city, literally," tying with the Pizza Parlor for first. McDoodles, however, has the title of a regionally recognized brand, having a huge profit, outweighing even some GDPs of countries.

Entertainment and Media hold the final 9% of the market share, split evenly by CBN and Penguin Network, with other companies having a minor part within the industry.

Citizens
Multiple polls and surveys show that roughly 1% - 9% of U.S.A citizens fall at or below poverty level ($5,000 - $7,000) on average across the entire continent, although in some areas, it changes by either +/- 2% - 4%. 60% of citizens fall at or below middle class level ($11,000 - $19,000) on average across the continent, but the range is increased in cities such as South Pole City, where the technology industries pays about 25% more on average. 30% of citizens fall at or below the upper class level ($19,000 - $100,000) on average across the continent, showing more numbers, again, in more developed areas. 1% of citizens are above the upper class level, breaking the charts ($100,000+). Antarctica has a problem with homelessness, seeing about 3% - 5% of the population of a given city out on the streets. The government is working on bringing this level down, however.

45% of the populace lives and works in high paying areas such as South Pole City or Eastbank, earning money in the top percentile. 25% live in the average areas of the continent, earning money within the second percentile, while 15% live and work in the poorer area, earning money in the third percentile. The remaining 15% are transient workers, who work based on where the jobs are currently. These numbers are accurate to +/- 3%.

Consumer
The United States of Antarctica's technology comes primarily from Dorkugal, who sell their wares and inventions in exchange for more money for comics and other associated Dorkuguese goods. These goods can include electronic newspaper (which are automatically updated with the latest news from around the region), a "pocket teleporter" to teleport the user to any location within a 5 mile radius from deployment, and a server switcher to change between multiple servers, assuming the city is wired up and supports it. Aside from the aforementioned luxuries, citizens also have the standard Internet services (provided by programs such as Internet Explorer 767 and Mozilla FireLink), television, and communal teleportals.

Despite trailing behind technological powerhouses, such as Munijoch and Ed Island, the United States of Antarctica boasts quite a few technological gems of its own. Micro Hard and Soft and Peach Inc. rule over the mobile phone market, innovating constantly for a populace that wants the bleeding edge in technology. Their phones are widely acclaimed and sought after by numerous countries, and are the top choice for many governments of Antarctica due to their impenetrable security. In addition, Eureka!, developed inside the United States of Antarctica as well, holds the title of the only practical search engine, as well as most advanced and popular out of the rest of the competition. Entertainment companies, such as Snowtendo, are among the most popular creators of direct to consumer handhelds in all of Antarctica, as well as purveyors and pioneers in console gaming technology, a field occupied by few due to the fears associated with running a company solely off of entertainment and recreational technology. Despite this, they have one of the most advanced systems out there in their class.

Arguably the most important advancement made by the country was through the company of TeleNet, an artificial portal creation company, that specializes in teleportation through the use of portals. The portals, sold in pairs, allow the user to cross extremely long distances in a span of a few seconds, effectively eliminating the need for transportation, such as cars or trucks. Despite this, the country is slow to adapt the technology due to the associated fears with ripping holes through space. Telenet, however, assures the public that their portals are completely safe to use.

Military Technology
With the strongest military in the region by far, the United States of Antarctica relies on major advancements in Deletion Missile technology to defend the country from intruders, and has many such bases conveniently stationed around the country's key assets. Despite this, the military relies on brute power alone to get the job done, rather than simple strategy and technology to streamline and make the job easier. In an effort to modernize and revamp the military for the 21st century, they hired Pulse Holdings branch SnoBoll in an effort to develop adaptive defense technology to give the military new tech to work with, other than the rapidly aging Deletion Missile Defense System.

Their planes, carriers, and tanks are mostly standard for the time, although they are working to gather the resources necessary to properly update their equally aging fleet.

Research
The United States is on track to outpace many other countries in research and development, although it still trails countries that are leaps ahead of technology. Many universities in the country provide sizable grants for people to research and develop under the United States of Antarctica name. Many projects such as teleportals were created through pure United States research, although the country still outsources many of their development and research for technology. Scientists are among the highest paid in the region, falling short behind Dorkugal, Munijoch, Shops Island and Ed Island, although it should be noted that most of those countries have strict laws requiring the researcher to surrender intellectual property to the state if found to be beneficial to the advancement of the country. Conversely, the United States allows the researcher to keep full rights on their intellectual property, or sell it to the state for a large sum.

Scientists there frequently work on biological or chemical-based studies, with the results benefiting both in-state and out-of-state institutions. Such findings are frequently placed in books for study in foreign countries.