The Republic of Yosai is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Seishiro Iwada with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.728 billion Yosaianese are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tokyo. The average income tax rate is 47.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Yosaian economy, worth 245 trillion Yen a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 141,839 Yen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Out-of-work actors say they can't complain, neighbourhood gossips whip up controversy about those receiving adult merchandise, unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police, and record sales of 'child-whacking sticks' have been reported. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yosai's national animal is the Crane, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Buddhism.

Yosai is ranked 10,336^th in the world and 13^th in European Union for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 30,099.57 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.