Yeah only where >95% of people live. And if we can't get AT LEAST 100% why even try, right?

If you look at the road system in Canada, it's the same pattern, basically. There's a few dirt "highways" that stretch into the northwest, and absolutely nothing connecting the northeast. All the agriculture and so all the sizeable cities are in the south.

Actually, Russia has a lot more going on up there. As you can see the Russian homeland stretches pretty continuously up, and even in the colonial areas further east, they have mid-sized arctic city Norilsk (that disconnected bit of red). The best we can do is Yellowknife at 10,000.

Less advertisements, and the opportunity to upgrade further to one of our many confusing premium packages. Duh. /s