The Commonwealth of Tobuchiiki is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Prime Minister Sato Kaede with a fair hand, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, frequent executions, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 5.861 billion Tobuchiikese live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business, outspoken government prioritizes Industry, although Administration, Education, and Social Policy are also considered important, while Environment and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ōkinaishimachi. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Tobuchiikese economy, worth 645 trillion yen a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 110,054 yen, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 512,628 per year while the poor average 14,167, a ratio of 36.2 to 1.

Ironic death by tasering is on the rise amongst door-to-door taser salesmen, mall countdown clocks warn that there are only 364 more shopping days until Maxxmas, scientists recently cloned the long-extinct feather-bellied Coyote, and all tariffs have been abolished. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Tobuchiiki's national animal is the Coyote, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Shintoism.

Tobuchiiki is ranked 292,186^th in the world and 4^th in Alia Via A Different World Resurrection for Lowest Crime Rates, with 9.57 law-abiding acts per hour.