The Shogunate of Wakoshima is a huge, safe nation, notable for its public floggings, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 536 million Wakōu 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saikyō. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 71.6%.

The strong Wakōshiman economy, worth 37.6 trillion sens a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 70,127 sens, with the richest citizens earning 7.7 times as much as the poorest.

A the West Pacific Tourist Association survey has rated Wakoshima #1 for number twos, anti-environmentalist dissidents must beware of government plants in their midst, battlefield gains are quickly lost when enemies don't respect a time-out, and colonial citizens are forced to sing the praise of the "Great Wakōshiman Liberator". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wakoshima's national animal is the dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Wakoshima is ranked 21,384^th in the world and 365^th in the West Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 987.64 pounds of wildlife per square mile.