The Empire of Utsukushima is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its national health service, aversion to nipples, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 549 million Utsukujin enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Daimoto. The average income tax rate is 54.1%.

The all-consuming Utsukujin economy, worth 64.7 trillion Mons a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 117,875 Mons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Residents of new housing subdivisions complain about the total absence of supermarkets and restaurants, goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter, rumor has it that Leader has won three lotteries in a row, and criminals always seem to be forewarned of police raids. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Utsukushima's national animal is the Red Panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Utsukushima is ranked 28,546^th in the world and 10^th in Poschomenia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 194.91 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.