The Stellar Light Cruiser of IJN Kitakami is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Oda Yoshihira with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, avant-garde cinema, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 1.074 billion Andarians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Naze. The average income tax rate is 57.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Andarian economy, worth 37.4 trillion Yen a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 34,816 Yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Armed security details escort librarians to their homes, skateparks can be found in every city, the first half of cabinet meetings include Oda Yoshihira complaining about the reasonable nation theory (IJN Kitakami has found 1 easter egg), and Oda Yoshihira has just been declared ruler of IJN Kitakami in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. IJN Kitakami's national animal is the Dragon.

IJN Kitakami is ranked 212,274^th in the world and 1^st in Tarvos for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 29.48 on the Bus Surprisal Index.