The Republic of Hokkaido and the Kuril Islands is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Kari Haruka with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.127 billion Northern Islanders are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sapporo. The average income tax rate is 34.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Hokkaido and the Kuril Islandsian economy, worth 196 trillion Yen a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 47,588 Yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Maximum security Hokkaido and the Kuril Islandsian subway stations inspire prison systems around the world, Shinto has been named as Hokkaido and the Kuril Islands's national religion, Kari Haruka has been self-declared as the Most Supreme Magnificent Overlord of Everything You Ever Saw, and Hokkaido and the Kuril Islands has designated Sapporo as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hokkaido and the Kuril Islands's national animal is the Mountain Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Shinto.

Hokkaido and the Kuril Islands is ranked 71,431^st in the world and 2,376^th in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50.99 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.