The Corporate Empire of Teitoku Ippan is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Teitoku II with an iron fist, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, avant-garde cinema, and vat-grown people. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 23.909 billion Ippanians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ryuko City. The average income tax rate is 96.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Ippanian economy, worth a remarkable 8,087 trillion Kawaii Coins a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is an amazing 338,265 Kawaii Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Government statistics suggest 115% of the population love Emperor Teitoku II, the government is attempting to revitalize a gutted private sector, even secular Ippanians are shouting "Blessed are the cheesemakers!", and there is something rotten in the state of Teitoku Ippan. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Teitoku Ippan's national animal is the Kamui, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Hinokami.

Teitoku Ippan is ranked 789^th in the world and 6^th in The Glorious Nations of Iwaku for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 34,053.59 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.