The Most Serene Republic of The Hakurei is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, fear of technology, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 521 million Reimuites enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yakumograd. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Hakureian economy, worth 45.4 trillion Mons a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Pizza Delivery, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 87,108 Mons, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 599,546 per year while the poor average 4,507, a ratio of 133 to 1.

The nation leads United fraternal nations of gensokyo for unlikely accidents and truffle consumption, it's not just poseurs who wear oversized sound-cancelling headphones as they walk the city streets, hit and run driving is no longer a crime - it's the national sport, and the swagger of covering up is unparalleled. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. The Hakurei's national animal is the Reimungton 870, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Hakurei is ranked 284,010^th in the world and 1^st in United fraternal nations of gensokyo for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7.75 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.