The Matriarchy of Kisume the bucket youkai is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Kisume the bucket youkai with a fair hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, national health service, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 14.426 billion Kisume the bucket youkaians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Well City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Kisume the bucket youkaian economy, worth a remarkable 4,117 trillion Ceks a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 285,410 Ceks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Wind farms are erected on shuttered oil platforms, orphans would rather live their life of luxury than be adopted by prospective parents, bins outnumber trees in city parks, and dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws. Crime is totally unknown. Kisume the bucket youkai's national animal is the Youkai, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is following Kisume.

Kisume the bucket youkai is ranked 3,149^th in the world and 34^th in The Glorious Nations of Iwaku for Most Patriotic, with 58.11 Flags saluted per person per day.