The Rising Sun's Land of Yaorozu is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Mikado with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, aversion to nipples, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 29.32 billion Yaorozu-no-tami are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Asuka. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Yaorozu economy, worth a remarkable 7,488 trillion yen a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 255,419 yen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, it is illegal to brush crumbs off your clothing outdoors, psychiatrists that date patients are congratulated on their romantic conquests, and the police go to great efforts to seize contraband favored by politicians on the police oversight committee. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yaorozu's national animal is the green pheasant, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Shinto.

Yaorozu is ranked 4^th in the world and 1^st in The North Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 101.93 on the Human Development Index.