The People's Republic of Yolta is a tiny, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 7 million Yoltans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 73.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Yoltan economy, worth 126 billion Lots a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 18,011 Lots, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The regional delicacy of chocolate bombes is deadlier than an unexploded bomb, foreign policy is to avoid standing up to bullies, councils up and down the country wrangle over legal matters, and signs at the border tell international drivers where they can put their cars. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yolta's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Yolta is ranked 39,220^th in the world and 457^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Secular, with 27.87 Atheism Rate.