The Kingdom of Yardies is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Andy Ganteks with an even hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, frequent executions, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 2.49 billion Yardies have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Liberty City. The average income tax rate is 70.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Yard economy, worth 486 trillion Mobs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 195,511 Mobs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Disadvantaged neighbourhoods have become no-go areas after sundown, demand for night vision goggles and boat engine mufflers has spiked, people are arrested for looking too sternly at whales, and a faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park. 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 21,162^nd in the world and 278^th in the West Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 88.92 law-abiding acts per hour.