The Empire of West Nichibotsu is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Emperor Kazuhito with a fair hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.059 billion Nichibotsuans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tokyo. The average income tax rate is 84.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Nichibotsuan economy, worth a remarkable 1,028 trillion Yen a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 145,703 Yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Trust-fund babies line up for places in community college, social media sites go into shutdown for days at a time to censor user content, the government seizes private property for the 'good of the people', and no one engages in 'locker room talk' any more. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. West Nichibotsu's national animal is the Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Shintoism.

West Nichibotsu is ranked 286,626^th in the world and 771^st in Council of Asia for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -6.57 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.