The Swedish Protector of Ichu is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Yodle with an iron fist, and notable for its smutty television, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 17.783 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, although Industry, Administration, and Defense are also considered important, while Education receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of NationStates. The average income tax rate is 99.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Ichuan economy, worth a remarkable 5,084 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 285,911 Gold Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

The police have reaffirmed their tough stance on drugs, bug burgers are extra crunchy, meetings are often scheduled for "about four-ish" following complete conversion to sundials, and the once prosperous capital is in utter decline. 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 5,068^th in the world and 1^st in Sweden for Highest Poor Incomes, with 159,946.22 Standard Monetary Units.