The Ancient City of Yharnam is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Astrid Weisberg with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and smutty television. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 8.694 billion Yharnamians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Spirituality, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yharnam. The average income tax rate is 47.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Yharnamian economy, worth 783 trillion blood echoes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 90,161 blood echoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

More sidewalk is dedicated to animals than people, military pilots spend more time scraping feathers off their engines than flying their aircraft, prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries, and the fire protection service is wholly government-funded. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yharnam's national animal is the raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is The Healing Church.

Yharnam is ranked 23,698^th in the world and 1^st in Yharnam for Most Beautiful Environments, with 934.42 pounds of wildlife per square mile.