The Hinodejin Empire of Kita-Hinode is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Empress Satomi II with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ritual sacrifices, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, democratic population of 8.314 billion Hinodejins hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hokuto. The average income tax rate is 79.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Hinodejin economy, worth 851 trillion hinodejin crowns a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 102,451 hinodejin crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

History textbook pages are used as impromptu tissues by distraught students, the nation's orphanages and maternity wards have been nicknamed 'the Killbot Factories', citizens are exhausted from weekly general elections, and doctors prescribe medicines but they rarely dispense hope or compassion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kita-Hinode's national animal is the Crow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Buddhism.

Kita-Hinode is ranked 13,462^nd in the world and 18^th in Esportiva for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 9,301.35 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.