The Old Kothic Sleeper of Okami Yaiba is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, disturbing lack of elderly people, and unlimited-speed roads. The compassionate population of 19.72 billion Okami Yaibans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government prioritizes Defense, with Administration, Education, and Law & Order also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 35.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Okami Yaiban economy, worth 787 trillion yen a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 39,953 yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's a bright dawn ahead for Okami Yaiba, citizens are exhausted from weekly general elections, many parents are becoming frustrated with their children's choices in spouses, and childish pranks are no laughing matter. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Okami Yaiba's national animal is the okami, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Okami Yaiba is ranked 19,856^th in the world and 11^th in Japan for Largest Populations, with 19.7 billion capita.