The Republic of Higashitakasu is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, complete lack of prisons, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.044 billion Higashitakasuans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 91.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Higashitakasuan economy, worth 557 trillion Yen a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 137,654 Yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The new national mascot has to be wheeled onto the field of play, students at universities think exercise bikes are pieces of abstract art, no one cares when it's your birthday, and construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Higashitakasu's national animal is the Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Higashitakasu is ranked 9,177^th in the world and 7^th in Japan for Most Developed, scoring 91.27 on the Human Development Index.