The Empire of Sakuranoha is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Empress Sakurako with an even hand, and renowned for its vat-grown people, sprawling nuclear power plants, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 2.551 billion Sakuran are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Heian-kyo. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Sakuran economy, worth 461 trillion Yen a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 180,854 Yen, with the richest citizens earning 9.3 times as much as the poorest.

It's been a banner year for local vexillology, plain-clothes police officers follow Dàguó tourists everywhere they go, citizens are deployed to barren deserts to protect small territorial claims, and international commentators accuse the nation of aggressive cultural imperialism. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Sakuranoha's national animal is the Neko, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Kokka Shintō.

Sakuranoha is ranked 201,865^th in the world and 88^th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -4 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.