The Empire of Ice and Tinian is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Icelus with an even hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, sprawling nuclear power plants, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 6.279 billion Ice and Tinians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital City. The average income tax rate is 12.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ice and Tinianian economy, worth a remarkable 1,063 trillion Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 169,400 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Holiday light displays just aren't the same without seizure-inducing strobe effects, plain-clothes police officers follow Dàguó tourists everywhere they go, a cat may look at a king and a dude can look at an ass, and crossword puzzles have been co-opted as a symbol of racial discrimination. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ice and Tinian's national animal is the Honey Badger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Ecclesiarchy.

Ice and Tinian is ranked 59,494^th in the world and 3,184^th in The North Pacific for Most Income Equality, scoring 43.04 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.