The Kingdom of Yardies is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Andy Ganteks with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, smutty television, and national health service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 7.963 billion Yardies are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Liberty City. The average income tax rate is 80.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Yard economy, worth a remarkable 2,079 trillion Mobs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 261,194 Mobs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Destitute AIs lurk around online bulletin boards begging for spare Mobs, bouncers at the door of the sweet shop warn five-year-olds not to cause trouble, the nation's space program is doxxing the planet, and euthanasia is illegal. 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 22,395^th in the world and 295^th in the West Pacific for Longest Average Lifespans, with 90.48 years.