The Republic of Umi no Tani is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Elected Bureaucrat Dr Valencia Hamasaki with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 17.046 billion Tanians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nautilus Bay. The average income tax rate is 77.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Umi no Tanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,675 trillion Enules a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 98,317 Enules, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A sledgehammer and a spray can are seen as the default tools of political debate, the nation is devoted to world peas, RPG fans reminisce fondly about when people thought they were evil and dangerous rather than geeky and socially inept, and even the nation's brussel sprouts are delicious and nutritious. Crime is totally unknown. Umi no Tani's national animal is the Kraken, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Umi no Tani is ranked 47,823^rd in the world and 1^st in The Exalted Lands for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 4,100.44 on the Gilded Widget Scale.