The Zodiac Empire of Puranas is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by the Zodiac Council with an iron fist, and renowned for its parental licensing program, anti-smoking policies, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 15.557 billion Puranasians 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, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Onigashima. The average income tax rate is 93.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Puranasian economy, worth a remarkable 1,871 trillion Raritaniums a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 120,280 Raritaniums, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The military has gone fission for more funding, there's more than one way to skin a diplomat, friendly fire incidents usually result in severe burns, and national park visitors are reporting a rash of poison ivy sightings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Puranas's national animal is the Yokai, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Elementalism.

Puranas is ranked 296,512^th in the world and 12,560^th in Balder for Most Politically Free, scoring 10 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.