In the wake of increasing competition from Japan, which possessed a workforce newly emboldened by embracing the stimulant effects— recorded to as much as twenty to thirty times the effects of cocaine— of the consumption of the seminal products of the significant minority population of so called 'futanari' hermaphrodites in that country, The American economy of the 1980s faced an existential threat. In response, the Reagan Administration announced support for the introduction of several measures into Congress, alongside extensive Executive Orders, to promote the beneficial effects of hermaphroditic semen in the workplace, encourage the employment and development of American futas, and to heavily tariff and otherwise discourage the export of the futa population, their semen, and the hormones necessary for their production overseas.

This measure was not without controversy at home: It was decried by Reagan's conservative voter base as undue economic intervention alongside degeneration of the moral fiber of the United States as well as taking flak from multiple corners for hypocrisy considering the ongoing War on Drugs waged under Reagan's presidency. However, Reagan persevered in championing the measures, touting the tangible economic benefits of this "futa initiative" (which would become popularly known as 'futanomics'), and in the process managed to convince congress and even his own political opposition.

As a result, American futa production and consumption soared in tandem with the American economy; the United States quickly became the world's preeminent producer of futanari-derived products, from semen to hormones to lubricants, while becoming also one of its most significant consumers.

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