The Floral Archipelago of Western Japan is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Mirai Onozawa with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 5.763 billion Japanese live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Minatozaki City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.2%.

The powerhouse Japanese economy, worth 486 trillion Yen a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Information Technology, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 84,411 Yen, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 393,185 per year while the poor average 10,866, a ratio of 36.2 to 1.

The nation's new flagship trading company deals exclusively in things no one wants, teens are voting on which C-List pop star will be next to be evicted from the opera house, when it comes to WMDs Western Japan has declared that the only winning move is not to play, and the number of deaths due to poor fungus identification is mushrooming. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Western Japan's national animal is the Dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Floralism.

Western Japan is ranked 100,015^th in the world and 3^rd in Taiwan for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,419.19 on the Gilded Widget Scale.