The Empire of Tayichi is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Aki Shuichi with a fair hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 3.557 billion Tayichians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shuto. The average income tax rate is 18.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tayichian economy, worth 468 trillion Kins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 131,634 Kins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

From the highest mountain to the deepest cave - one can always count on finding a good cell signal in Tayichi, the nation's atlases tend to go out of date every few weeks, the Super-Spud Cinematic Universe is breaking box office records, and political gridlock ensues as even the most innocuous legislation is vetoed by the Supreme Court for potential civil rights violations. Crime is totally unknown. Tayichi's national animal is the Ryu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Azubenikobu.

Tayichi is ranked 11,936^th in the world and 14^th in Lands End for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 54.76 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.