The Rising Sun's Land of Yaorozu is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Mikado with an even hand, and renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, smutty television, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, cheerful population of 29.272 billion Yaorozu-no-tami are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Asuka. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Yaorozu economy, worth a remarkable 7,467 trillion yen a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 255,117 yen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Many politicians are serving jail time for minor drug offenses, prison walls have had to be modified to keep parkour-trained criminals from escaping, citizens must inform the government each time they have a haircut, and political scientists despair as the national mascot election eclipses all others in voter enthusiasm. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yaorozu's national animal is the green pheasant, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Shinto.

Yaorozu is ranked 13^th in the world and 1^st in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 359.22 Law-abiding Acts Per Hour.