The Department of Yonne is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Jean-Marie Rolland with an even hand, and renowned for its national health service, zero percent divorce rate, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 23.746 billion Icaunaises are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Auxerre. The average income tax rate is 36.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Icaunais economy, worth 972 trillion francs a year, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Cheese Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 40,965 francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Parents who reward their teens' chores with concert tickets are charged with illegal reselling, it's surprisingly hard to find pictures of the bad haircuts from Jean-Marie Rolland's childhood, candlelit dinners are less romantic with a flickering LED, and customs turn away those considered to have an unfavourable ethnicity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yonne's national animal is the beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Yonne is ranked 146,868^th in the world and 21^st in Department Store for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 36 Effective Tax Rate.