The Imperial Sinjōist State of Hanguk-Nippon is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by His Excellency Emperor Sesato with a fair hand, and remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 8.934 billion Hanguk-Nipponese hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hyosaki. The average income tax rate is 61.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Hanguk-Nipponese economy, worth 481 trillion Okandons a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Woodchip Exports, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 53,840 Okandons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Laws are littered with references to cheese, adverts depict men giving birth while cursing the women who got them into trouble, His Excellency Emperor Sesato has just been declared ruler of Hanguk-Nippon in an international press conference, and the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hanguk-Nippon's national animal is the Aonooki and The White Sun Tiger, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Secularism.

Hanguk-Nippon is ranked 27,055^th in the world and 838^th in the South Pacific for Smartest Citizens, with 52.15 quips per hour.