The Republic of Icecloud is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. The democratic population of 1.008 billion Icecloudians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 40.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Icecloudian economy, worth 44.1 trillion pesos a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 43,706 pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Rural children are told reading's important (for other people), young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables, citizens select which government department gets their income tax pesos each year, and citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Icecloud's national animal is the eagle.

Icecloud is ranked 117,380^th in the world and 2^nd in Norrys new puppet region for Most Cultured, scoring 65 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.