The Republic of IC-Water is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its enslaved workforce, public floggings, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 137 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 receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 11.4%.

The all-consuming IC-Waterian economy, worth 8.51 trillion Waters a year, is 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 62,148 Waters, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 284,290 per year while the poor average 8,271, a ratio of 34.4 to 1.

Parents are relieved they no longer need to help with their kids' algebra homework, everybody's got wood thanks to Leader, state media insists that Leader is the most fashionable leader in Infinite Crafts, and taxpayer-funded government ads are promoting Brancaland as a premier filming location. 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 267,367^th in the world and 14^th in Infinite Crafts for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -49.4 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.