The Proud Socialists of New Icarsa is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Pietro Fordwick with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The quiet, industrious population of 1.427 billion New Icarsans 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 Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Frontier Forge. The average income tax rate is 66.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped New Icarsan economy, worth 37.8 trillion dorians 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 led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. Average income is 26,456 dorians, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation wears its high incidence of chromosomal diseases as a badge of pride, Pietro Fordwick has just been declared ruler of New Icarsa in an international press conference, the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly, and armed war-criminals gain asylum if deemed 'fabulous' enough. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Icarsa's national animal is the grizzly bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

New Icarsa is ranked 106,753^rd in the world and 34^th in New Republic Charter for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50.5 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.