The Republic of -Saitama- is a mammoth, safe nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed population of 8.755 billion -Saitama-ians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 53.7%.

The -Saitama-ian economy, worth 398 trillion yen a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 45,567 yen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Search-and-rescue organisations are the biggest employer in the country, getting an autograph has become harder than ever, the immigration office has an express line for people bringing cash in briefcases, and the beauty of coastal towns is marred only slightly by all the closed-down storefronts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Saitama-'s national animal is the villian, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

-Saitama- is ranked 89,836^th in the world and 1,279^th in Remembrance for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,400.61 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.