The Cherry blossom of Sakura 20 is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its digital currency, public floggings, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The cynical, devout population of 2.854 billion Sakura 20ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 66.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Sakura 20ian economy, worth 238 trillion petals a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Tourism, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 83,404 petals, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Third world countries are rich in "I Love Sakura 20 City" t-shirts, Sakura 20ians ask their doctors whether chili peppers are right for them, the military is researching proton packs and PK-meters to combat "unseen enemy forces", and friendly fire incidents usually result in severe burns. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sakura 20's national animal is the green pheasant, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Sakura 20 is ranked 83,504^th in the world and 292^nd in International Puppet Storage for Largest Black Market, with 3.87 trillion Standard Monetary Units.