The Republic of Icarema is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.689 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 Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 91.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Icareman economy, worth 802 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is an impressive 141,006 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Time flies when you're not having fun, running away is an essential part of the elite forces' hand-to-hand training, ice-filled coffins are ominously positioned in the corner of every hospital ward, and the doctor has cold hands. 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 is also the nation's favorite main course.

Icarema is ranked 8,845^th in the world and 208^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 11,845.27 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.