The Borderlands of Traditional Japan is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 4.424 billion Japanese are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, moralistic government is dominated by the Department of Defense, with Law & Order, Healthcare, and Education also on the agenda, while International Aid and Spirituality receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.0%.

The strong Japanese economy, worth 255 trillion Mons a year, is led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 57,803 Mons, with the richest citizens earning 7.3 times as much as the poorest.

Toddlers are wielding machine guns in the name of national defense, citizens are prohibited from raising their voice above thirty decibels in commercial districts, pro-democracy protesters are shot on sight by state police, and Tesco was recently named as the new national treasurer. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Traditional Japan's national animal is the Pheasant, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Traditional Japan is ranked 156,339^th in the world and 70^th in Japan for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 62.82 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.