The State of YA is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of public education, absence of drug laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 18.04 billion YAians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.0%.

The very strong YAian economy, worth 658 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 36,508 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 248,212 per year while the poor average 1,961, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Voting is voluntary, YA has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of YA in an international press conference. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. YA's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

YA is ranked 288,432^nd in the world and 274^th in Omega Prime for Lowest Crime Rates, with 34.52 law-abiding acts per hour.