The Protectorate of Ichijiku is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 1.708 billion Ichijikuans 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 medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kitakuma. The average income tax rate is 32.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Ichijikuan economy, worth 103 trillion Yans a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 60,773 Yans, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scaffolding is built around scaffolding to give safe access, visitors often mistake the toiletplex at music festivals for the main stage, politicians spend more time in courtrooms than in Parliament, and the Federal Council of Ichijiku has been announced as the new Head of State. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ichijiku's national animal is the Red Panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ichijiku is ranked 124,428^th in the world and 99^th in Anteria for Highest Food Quality, scoring 18.85 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.