The Federation of Natsuki State is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Natsuki with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory vegetarianism, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.7 billion Natsuki Stateans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tokyo. The average income tax rate is 99.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Natsuki Statean economy, worth a remarkable 1,426 trillion German Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 185,281 German Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Reams of paperwork signed in triplicate have taken the magic out of magic, bemused citizens are encouraged to sing foreign-language hymns of religions they have never heard of, the fattest folk in Natsuki State look to be the happiest ones, and bins outnumber trees in city parks. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Natsuki State's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Natsuki State is ranked 15,857^th in the world and 32^nd in Conch Kingdom for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 346.53 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.