The Republic of IC-Water is a very large, efficient nation, remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, enslaved workforce, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 109 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 11.3%.

The powerhouse IC-Waterian economy, worth 6.43 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 59,020 Waters, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 253,105 per year while the poor average 8,808, a ratio of 28.7 to 1.

Looting and pillaging are now considered vital intelligence-gathering activities, people with disabilities are told they just need to try harder, families are only permitted to have one child, and police frequently raid drugstores in search of contraband bottles of New Spice aftershave. 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 275,331^st in the world and 6,103^rd in The North Pacific for Safest, scoring 6.55 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.