The People's Republic of Yarkshur is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, triple-decker prams, and ban on automobiles. The democratic, devout population of 638 million Yarkshureans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 69.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Yarkshurean economy, worth 4.50 trillion shards a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Pizza Delivery, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 7,058 shards, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dog owners proudly declare that their pups can predict when the mailman will arrive, welfare funding has recently gone through the roof, many parents are becoming frustrated with their children's choices in spouses, and child support loans with high interest rates are available in Yarkshurean banks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yarkshur's national animal is the Sperm-whale, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Yarkshur is ranked 253,347^th in the world and 51^st in United Commonwealth for Most Corrupt Governments, with 1.01 kickbacks per hour.