The Republic of Higashitakasu is a colossal, safe nation, notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.963 billion Higashitakasuans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 89.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Higashitakasuan economy, worth 531 trillion Yen a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 133,989 Yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Passionate nomination battles are often as intense as general elections, Scoutmasters debate whether luxury log cabins defeat the purpose of camping, janitors and interns go on luxury retreats while the desks are cleared by the C-Suite, and cigarettes are dead-cheap. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Higashitakasu's national animal is the Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Higashitakasu is ranked 7,575^th in the world and 6^th in Japan for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 13,767.32 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.