The Republic of IC-Water is a very large, efficient nation, notable for its deadly medical pandemics, infamous sell-swords, and irreverence towards religion. 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 dominated by the Department of Industry, although Law & Order and Public Transport are also considered important, while Spirituality and Welfare are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.5%.

The all-consuming IC-Waterian economy, worth 7.41 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. Average income is 61,202 Waters, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 272,281 per year while the poor average 8,563, a ratio of 31.8 to 1.

Maxtopian Grass flags adorn every college dorm room, IC-Waterian police have to pay out of their own pockets for bulletproof vests, politicians are often seen drinking soft drinks at the end of every public address, and the family summer vacation has become a thing of the past following the introduction of the year-round school year. 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 246,936^th in the world and 5,507^th in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 46.16 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.