The Commonwealth of Japonic Islands is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Empress Ritsu Shimazu with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.59 billion Japonese hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Edo. The average income tax rate is 38.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Japonic economy, worth 294 trillion New Yen a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 82,126 New Yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Atheistic refugees haven't got a prayer of being granted asylum, the constant playing of Merry Birthday on Japonic radio has led to calls for the song to be classified as a crime against humanity, signs at the border tell international drivers where they can put their cars, and park rangers struggle to deal with a rash of stolen pic-a-nic baskets. Crime is totally unknown. Japonic Islands's national animal is the Crane, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Oceanic Shinism.

Japonic Islands is ranked 41,940^th in the world and 1,404^th in the West Pacific for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 3,679 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.