The Green Autonomous Republic of West Yamamachi is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Rep Hina Yamashita with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 2.619 billion West Yamamachians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Megasai. The average income tax rate is 90.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The West Yamamachian economy, worth 155 trillion Silkoins a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 59,512 Silkoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People can't decide between preserving forests and buying print copies of 'Dogman Versus The Giggler', street preachers sell salvation with a side order of shame on every corner, houses and businesses are bulldozed to make way for ever-expanding cemeteries, and Jennifer Government is a bestseller. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. West Yamamachi's national animal is the Albino Rabbit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Lileism.

West Yamamachi is ranked 312,079^th in the world and 14,385^th in Osiris for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring -9.17 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.