The Diarchy of Ko-ashihara is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by The Court with a fair hand, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.468 billion Ko-ashiharans enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

The relatively small, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Onkaminokannogi-no-Miyako. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.8%.

The very strong Ko-ashiharan economy, worth 72.1 trillion Higashinese mons a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Gambling, and Trout Farming. Average income is 49,147 Higashinese mons, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 256,669 per year while the poor average 5,061, a ratio of 50.7 to 1.

The airship business has been driven out of the country by strict regulations and high fines, kids refer to anything below the neck as "the parts that shall not be named", KA-SPAN viewership drops as MPs act their age, and tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Ko-ashihara's national animal is the Oni and Aegir.

Ko-ashihara is ranked 169,733^rd in the world and 1^st in Higashi for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 489.76 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.