The Republic of IC-Water is a very large, efficient nation, renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 121 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic government is primarily concerned with Industry, although Law & Order and Public Transport are also considered important, while Spirituality and Welfare are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.3%.

The all-consuming IC-Waterian economy, worth 7.21 trillion Waters a year, is quite specialized and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Pizza Delivery, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 59,553 Waters, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 259,130 per year while the poor average 8,666, a ratio of 29.9 to 1.

Police frequently raid drugstores in search of contraband bottles of New Spice aftershave, consumption of cat memes has skyrocketed, cash-strapped junkies lick rabbits for a cheap high, and the fattest folk in IC-Water look to be the happiest ones. 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 238,192^nd in the world and 5,372^nd in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 47.56 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.