The Kingdom of Yardies is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Andy Ganteks with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, digital currency, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 7.688 billion Yardies are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Liberty City. The average income tax rate is 79.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Yard economy, worth a remarkable 1,987 trillion Mobs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 258,529 Mobs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Excited shovel-bearing geeks wander the countryside, air purifiers fight smoke machines on Yard stage setups, parents live in fear of governmental 'child protection' squads, and the government spends more on chasing distant comets than on basic infrastructure. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yardies's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Monke.

Yardies is ranked 297,642^nd in the world and 2,611^th in the West Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -11.63 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.