The Imperial Fist Captain of Tanabe Iwa is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Tanabe Iwa with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 12.131 billion Tanabe Iwans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Inwit. The average income tax rate is 42.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Tanabe Iwan economy, worth 798 trillion yen a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Retail, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 65,749 yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People boast about their low income on their dating profiles, a third of Tanabe Iwans are e-certified CEOs, droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, and Tanabe Iwan police have to pay out of their own pockets for bulletproof vests. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tanabe Iwa's national animal is the armadillo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Violetism.

Tanabe Iwa is ranked 276,333^rd in the world and 1^st in Imperial Fists for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -5.37 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.