The Empire of Yamato Chugoku is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 317 million Chugokujins are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of 広島. The average income tax rate is 40.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Chugokujin economy, worth 25.0 trillion bitcoins a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 79,007 bitcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The nation is stuck in permanent election mode as politicians demand constant do-overs, five-year-olds chanting "Little Miss Muffet" are accused of bullying arachnophobes, programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, and old warplanes and tanks that break down can't be repaired since no one makes the parts anymore. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yamato Chugoku's national animal is the tardigrade, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Yamato Chugoku is ranked 7,438^th in the world and 3^rd in Mitteleuropa for Safest, scoring 125.21 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.