The Free Land of Japonesque is a huge, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The democratic population of 380 million Japonesqueans 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, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 16.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Japonesquean economy, worth 18.1 trillion yen a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 47,724 yen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The easiest method of escaping from prison is to take singing lessons, corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, the nation is ravaged by daily union strikes, and the automotive industry soaks up huge government handouts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Japonesque's national animal is the koi carp, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Japonesque is ranked 145,610^th in the world and 6^th in Vertu for Most Patriotic, with 13.41 flags saluted per person per day.