The Rising Sun's Land of Yaorozu is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Mikado with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, anti-smoking policies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 37.52 billion Yaorozu-no-tami are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Asuka. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Yaorozu economy, worth an astonishing 14,335 trillion Yaorozu yen a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 382,068 Yaorozu yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations, a cat may look at a king and a dude can look at an ass, what's in your genes matters more than what's in your jeans, and the government burgles the houses of holidaying citizens. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yaorozu's national animal is the green pheasant, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Shinto.

Yaorozu is ranked 99^th in the world and 5^th in The North Pacific for Highest Food Quality, scoring 590.91 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.