The Swedish Protector of Ichu is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Yodle with an iron fist, and notable for its aversion to nipples, prohibition of alcohol, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 17.757 billion Ichuans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Law & Order, with Industry, Administration, and Defense also on the agenda, while Education and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of NationStates. The average income tax rate is 99.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Ichuan economy, worth a remarkable 5,085 trillion Gold Coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Furniture Restoration, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 286,391 Gold Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Frequent fliers are obliged to submit to invasive security procedures by government security, wrongful arrests abound as 'criminals' blame the guy next to them, children seem to be getting better at lying these days, and patriotic citizens chant "there's only one Ichu" at foreigners. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Ichu's national animal is the zombie, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Yodlism.

Ichu is ranked 301,457^th in the world and 10^th in Sweden for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 2,577.52 Standard Monetary Units.