The Mountainous Region of Sokenzan is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Illen with a fair hand, and notable for its national health service, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 11.042 billion Sokenzanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ryusei. The average income tax rate is 80.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Sokenzanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,151 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 104,316 yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, any citizen who cries is immediately assigned a psychiatrist, the government tries to improve relations with hostile countries by sending gift baskets, and community organizers have given up going door to door because nobody is home. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sokenzan's national animal is the rhino, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Renism.

Sokenzan is ranked 255,163^rd in the world and 3,465^th in the Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 1.59 flags saluted per person per day.