The Republic of Icelets is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 833 million Iceletsians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 59.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Iceletsian economy, worth 26.1 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 31,273 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is mandatory to learn evolution in schools, third world countries are rich in "I Love Icelets City" t-shirts, government expenses are beyond compare, and the nation has nearly as many history museums as Iceletsians. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Icelets's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Icelets is ranked 194,829^th in the world and 198^th in Refugia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2.79 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.