The Republic of Icarema is a titanic, efficient nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate population of 10.792 billion Icaremen are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 94.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Icareman economy, worth a remarkable 1,711 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. Average income is an impressive 158,635 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Criminals lock themselves in their mums' basements to avoid prison, politicians can be seen taking candy from babies, space research funding has hit a recent high while several military bases are being closed down, and the people are famous throughout the region for their perfect yellow teeth. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Icarema's national animal is the anzu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Icarema is ranked 170,762^nd in the world and 2,282^nd in the South Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 257.03 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.