The Empire of Kaigen is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Prime Minister Yakazroto with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, infamous sell-swords, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 3.455 billion Kaigenians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Industry, Law & Order, and Education are also considered important, while International Aid is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Toroko. The average income tax rate is 78.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Kaigenian economy, worth 708 trillion ₭ Kaigunians a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 205,044 ₭ Kaigunians, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Proper policy proposals prerequire professional peer-reviewed papers, all gamers have been drafted into the military despite their lack of upper body strength, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal, and the thrash metal version of the national anthem is topping charts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kaigen's national animal is the shark, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Christianity.

Kaigen is ranked 14,401^st in the world and 9^th in Mappy nerds for Most Developed, scoring 88.72 on the Human Development Index.