Talk:Jakoku/@comment-98.255.102.42-20141210054903/@comment-202.58.86.44-20150420184551

'Ja' means snake, while 'koku' means country or kingdom.

Hence 'Jakoku' means 'Snake Country' or simply, Snakeland.

Since mothy wants the name, untranslated, so it was kept in japanese, befitting the image of a country that resembles Japan.