The Republic of IC-Water is a small, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, complete lack of public education, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 26 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 medium-sized government prioritizes Industry, although Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and Welfare receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.1%.

The thriving IC-Waterian economy, worth 1.22 trillion Waters a year, is dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Automobile Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 47,100 Waters, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 184,271 per year while the poor average 8,201, a ratio of 22.5 to 1.

Copies of the constitution are used as toilet paper, the government terminates employment with extreme prejudice, former weapons designers now boast about their non-jamming semi-automatic nail guns, and foreign ambassadors are accused of stealing IC-Waterian jobs. Crime is a major problem. IC-Water's national animal is the Goldfish, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

IC-Water is ranked 266,230^th in the world and 6,002^nd in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 59 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.