The Swedish Protector of Ichu is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Yodle with an iron fist, and remarkable for its fear of technology, disturbing lack of elderly people, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 22.071 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 Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of NationStates. The average income tax rate is 99.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Ichuan economy, worth a remarkable 6,791 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, highly specialized black market in Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, 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 307,718 Gold Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Claiming to have performed the Heimlich Maneuver is a popular defense for assault charges, only the brainiest citizens become academics, when shaking hands with foreign leaders Yodle wears an armoured gauntlet, and astronomers are flocking to Ichu to take advantage of its clear night skies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Ichu's national animal is the zombie, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Yodlism.

Ichu is ranked 1,154^th in the world and 1^st in Sweden for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 99.85 Effective Tax Rate.