The Republic of IC-Water is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons, public floggings, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 116 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, with Law & Order and Public Transport also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Welfare aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.3%.

The all-consuming IC-Waterian economy, worth 6.91 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 134,848^th in the world and 3,618^th in The North Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 11.67 flags saluted per person per day.