The Northern Pacific Empire of Republic Defense Army is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Tennō Heika Sasaki with an iron fist, and remarkable for its digital currency, sprawling nuclear power plants, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 28.825 billion Northern Imperials are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Industry and Education also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Environment receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tōkyō. The average income tax rate is 98.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Northern Imperial economy, worth a remarkable 7,310 trillion Imperial 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 large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing and Information Technology. 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 an amazing 253,631 Imperial Yen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Ambulances aren't allowed to overtake hearses, diplomatic fallout tends to be much more dangerous than radioactive fallout, Tennō Heika Sasaki can often be seen hanging around playgrounds chatting with the kids, and contestants on Republic Defense Army's Got Talent are screened by the government to make sure that they actually have talent. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Republic Defense Army's national animal is the none, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Shinto and Buddhism with minor faiths.

Republic Defense Army is ranked 216,632^nd in the world and 5^th in The Universal Order of Nations for Safest, scoring 52.21 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.