The Serving Silliness of Icarvs is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, notable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 7.177 billion Icarvsians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 73.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Icarvsian economy, worth 181 trillion Ambrosias a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Furniture Restoration, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 25,274 Ambrosias, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Icarvs's national animal is the Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Icarvs is ranked 232,212^th in the world and 12,211^th in Lazarus for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 29.45 on the Bus Surprisal Index.