The Republic of William Adams is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, zero percent divorce rate, and suspicion of poets. The devout population of 8.497 billion William Adamsians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 63.3%.

The William Adamsian economy, worth 540 trillion ryous a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 63,596 ryous, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Leader claims tax rises are the result of 'curses', religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, gay hospital patients are labelled with a pink triangle to alert staff of their substandard blood, and middle-aged metal fans quite enjoy being called "rebellious youths" by even older politicians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. William Adams's national animal is the koi fish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

William Adams is ranked 275,108^th in the world and 3,623^rd in Remembrance for Safest, scoring 17.2 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.