The Empire of Kogyo-ka is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Nobuyori Tenno with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 1.637 billion Kogyo-kans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kiuchi. The average income tax rate is 58.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Kogyo-kan economy, worth 168 trillion kokus a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 102,891 kokus, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Doctors prescribe medicines but they rarely dispense hope or compassion, EpiPen sales have skyrocketed, abortions are routinely performed in the nation's hospitals, and a common response to government PSAs is "well, DUH, obviously". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kogyo-ka's national animal is the Blue Hills Monkey, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Yūgenism.

Kogyo-ka is ranked 138,278^th in the world and 89^th in Community for Safest, scoring 64.2 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.