The Republic of Icarema is a titanic, cultured nation, notable for its anti-smoking policies, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 10.405 billion Icaremen are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 93.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Icareman economy, worth a remarkable 1,615 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 155,245 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Icarema City Times is sold out, mandatory neutering has made purebred dogs a thing of the past, children are often punished for the sins of the fathers, and Leader's speeches are beloved by insomniacs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Icarema's national animal is the anzu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Icarema is ranked 5,581^st in the world and 116^th in the South Pacific for Largest Information Technology Sector, scoring 42,104.03 on the Fann-Boi Productivity Index.