The Commonwealth of Yelzar is a tiny, efficient nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 8 million Yelzarians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.0%.

The thriving Yelzarian economy, worth 534 billion National Default Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Gambling, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 66,841 National Default Credits, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 222,473 per year while the poor average 14,964, a ratio of 14.9 to 1.

Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Yelzar's national animal is the Dragon, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Yelzar is ranked 232,946^th in the world and 19^th in Yelzar for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -2.9 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.