The Constitutional Monarchy of Himikko is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Ibara Dekatani with a fair hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, complete lack of prisons, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.859 billion Himikkoans 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 Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kyōmayo. The average income tax rate is 90.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Himikkoan economy, worth 652 trillion Ryōs a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 169,059 Ryōs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Descriptions of properties as "a stone's throw from the city centre" require a trebuchet to be true, video game protagonists bear striking resemblances to major political figures, there's nothing more Himikkoan than revanchism, and the latest Orange tablet's new peeling surface keeps the device always fresh. Crime is totally unknown. Himikko's national animal is the Sika Deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Pluralist.

Himikko is ranked 327,644^th in the world and 2^nd in Capell for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 18.55 on the Bus Surprisal Index.