The Democratic Republic of West New Yorkshire is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Shaw Farkas with a fair hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The democratic, devout population of 1.404 billion New Yankees 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 relatively small government prioritizes Defense, although Welfare, Law & Order, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Environment and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Akitashima. The average income tax rate is 11.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The New Yankee economy, worth 78.4 trillion Tomis a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 55,853 Tomis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Orientation videos remind rookie female politicians that slaps on the bottom are perfectly acceptable forms of communication, internet sites are legally unable to stop their users from posting pornography, the West New Yorkshire Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon', and unpopular scientists are shunned by name. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. West New Yorkshire's national animal is the Inugami Black Retriever, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Chūdōism.

West New Yorkshire is ranked 64,181^st in the world and 5^th in the Yomese Empire for Safest, scoring 97.34 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.