The Blooming Nation of Cherry Blossom Republic is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Sesame Schtrom with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, infamous sell-swords, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 5.981 billion Cherryians 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, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cherrygrove City. The average income tax rate is 84.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cherryian economy, worth 994 trillion Cherry Seeds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 166,290 Cherry Seeds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries, stockbrokers dream of getting rich by writing textbooks, the atmosphere in Cherryian boardrooms is turning more gay, and young girls and senior citizens alike can be spotted wearing colourful short shorts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cherry Blossom Republic's national animal is the parrot, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Cherry Blossom Republic is ranked 10,567^th in the world and 10^th in Equiterra for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 10,892.12 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.