The Cherry blossom of Sakura 23 is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its smutty television, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 2.778 billion Sakura 23ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Education also on the agenda. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 64.7%.

The all-consuming Sakura 23ian economy, worth 283 trillion petals a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 101,906 petals, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

No-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium, citizens are expected to be proficient in at least five languages, country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized, and delivery truck companies use hospital parking lots to store 16-wheelers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sakura 23's national animal is the green pheasant.

Sakura 23 is ranked 61,864^th in the world and 356^th in International Puppet Storage for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 17,150.98 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.