The Empire of Dai-Nihon is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by The Emperor with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 28.091 billion Japanese are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The minute, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Environment and Social Policy not funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tokyo. Income tax is unheard of.

The all-consuming Japanese economy, worth a remarkable 8,170 trillion yen a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 290,871 yen, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,707,208 per year while the poor average 2,836, a ratio of 954 to 1.

Anyone who so much as looks at Royalty without the proper amount of deference is jailed, six-year-old children playing dress-up are viewed with suspicion, religious bigotry and a fear of outsiders have replaced religious studies in schools, and weird or unusual crimes merit cruel and unusual punishments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Dai-Nihon's national animal is the koi, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Shinto.

Dai-Nihon is ranked 3,729^th in the world and 4^th in Osakaland for Highest Average Incomes, with 290,871.72 Standard Monetary Units.