The Empire of Giapan is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Naruhito with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 3.145 billion Giapanners 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kioto. The average income tax rate is 45.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Giapanese economy, worth 409 trillion Yen a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 130,358 Yen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Beating enemies to death with a baseball bat is legal if done within nine innings, many marriages go virtually unconsummated, passive-aggressive congratulations cards inform mums-to-be that their pregnancy is their greatest achievement in life, and there's more hugging than talking in most talk shows. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Giapan's national animal is the Green Pheasant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Shintoism.

Giapan is ranked 279,419^th in the world and 10,725^th in Lazarus for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.67 kickbacks per hour.