The Republic of IC-Water is a large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its frequent executions, public floggings, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 50 million IC-Waterians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The medium-sized, moralistic government prioritizes Industry, although Law & Order, Healthcare, and Environment are also considered important, while Spirituality and Welfare aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16.3%.

The powerhouse IC-Waterian economy, worth 2.68 trillion Waters a year, is quite specialized and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Soda Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 53,505 Waters, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 216,450 per year while the poor average 8,817, a ratio of 24.5 to 1.

Lending firms are subject to strict government regulations, dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws, the nation faces constant invasions by foreign boy bands, and sports journals are full of uplifting puff-pieces on professional boxers. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. IC-Water's national animal is the Goldfish, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

IC-Water is ranked 285,147^th in the world and 6,302^nd in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 138.14 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.