The State of YY is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its burgeoning deer population. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 16.219 billion YYians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.
The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Central Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14.4%.
The very strong YYian economy, worth 476 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Cheese Exports, and Book Publishing. Average income is 29,387 betales, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.
Voting is voluntary, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and YY has designated Central Heights as its capital city. Crime is moderate. YY's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
YY is ranked 220,850th in the world and 342nd in Omega Prime for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 25,155.88 Standard Monetary Units.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : YY was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork and the Top 10% for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
- : YY was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Survivors, Most Zombies, and Most Dead.
- : YY's influence in Omega Prime rose from "Page" to "Squire".
- : YY's influence in Omega Prime rose from "Shoeshiner" to "Page".
- : YY's influence in Omega Prime rose from "Zero" to "Shoeshiner".
- : YY was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
- : YY relocated from Balder to Omega Prime.
- : YY was refounded in Balder.
- : YY ceased to exist in The Central Pacific.
- : YY changed its national capital to "Central Heights".
