The Great Imperial Empire of The New United Astrodomean Republic is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Emperor Takeshi with an iron fist, and remarkable for its aversion to nipples, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 4.335 billion Astrodomeans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hanazakari. The average income tax rate is 78.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Astrodomean economy, worth 857 trillion Yen a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 197,731 Yen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Children as young as six shock their parents by coming out of the closet, anyone who sleeps in past 9am can be declared legally dead, a passport is literally priceless, and mountain rescue missions can end with more people lost than found. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The New United Astrodomean Republic's national animal is the Koi, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Shinto.

The New United Astrodomean Republic is ranked 26,086^th in the world and 66^th in The Union of Democratic States for Most Cultured, scoring 84 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.