The Eternal Monarchy of Yko is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by King Takashi with an even hand, and notable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, compulsory vegetarianism, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, devout population of 15.599 billion Ykoans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Taha. The average income tax rate is 71.4%.

The Ykoan economy, worth 772 trillion ecus a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 49,492 ecus, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

The national guard is mobilized whenever a mother gets separated from her child at the mall, military doctrine says not to open fire until you see the "beady little eyes" of Johnny Foreigner, children are sent to either religious or secular schools, and no one engages in 'locker room talk' any more. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yko's national animal is the bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is violetism.

Yko is ranked 279,956^th in the world and 10^th in Aetheria for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 25.26 on the Bus Surprisal Index.