The Republic of Yoyle is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Jack with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed population of 1.412 billion Yoyleans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yoyle City. The average income tax rate is 47.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Yoylean economy, worth 154 trillion Yoylean dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 109,600 Yoylean dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Politicians and casino owners who so much as wander into the same room are arrested on the spot, there's a bright dawn ahead for Yoyle, turning the other cheek is accompanied by a polite letter of complaint, and the nation's atlases tend to go out of date every few weeks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yoyle's national animal is the dragon.

Yoyle is ranked 59,919^th in the world and 11^th in Goninan for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 4,302.12 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.