The United States of Isshu is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 4.322 billion Isshuans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The tiny, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 9.4%.

The Isshuan economy, worth 174 trillion Yen a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Soda Sales, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 40,286 Yen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, cosmopolitan citizens ask what their countries can do for them, I-SPAN features senators wrestling with ever-increasing production elements, and teenage male videogamers often suffer repetitive strain wrist injuries. Crime is moderate, probably because of the absence of a police force. Isshu's national animal is the pokémons, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Isshu is ranked 289,579^th in the world and 4,198^th in the Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring -5.48 on the Gilded Widget Scale.