The Republic of Bubbles Hime is a large, genial nation, renowned for its digital currency, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 197 million Bubbles Himeans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 55.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Bubbles Himean economy, worth 11.9 trillion Grief seeds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 60,427 Grief seeds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The number of students attending university has reached a record high, a surprisingly large portion of the national budget is allocated to purchasing MMORPG "Elite Gold Loot Boxes", weekly religious services often resemble campaign rallies, and invasive drug testing is now performed at elementary school sports days. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bubbles Hime's national animal is the Chibi Seal, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Bubbles Hime is ranked 135,827^th in the world and 5^th in New Lacia for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 733.56 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.