The Dominion of The Yatsugatake Shogunate is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Hieda no Akyuu with an even hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, triple-decker prams, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, devout population of 1.575 billion Gensokyoans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sato. The average income tax rate is 69.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped local economy, worth 54.6 trillion mons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 34,639 mons, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Millions of Gensokyoans are excellent swimmers, men are finding 'she spots' more easily but they can't use them, the nation has declared war on all passing comets, and getting an infected tattoo is considered a rite of passage in The Yatsugatake Shogunate. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Yatsugatake Shogunate's national animal is the Amabiko, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Shintoism.

The Yatsugatake Shogunate is ranked 278,730^th in the world and 117^th in Eientei Gensokyo for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -11.73 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.