The Most Serene Republic of Yoresteria is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Vernon Williams with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.982 billion Yoresterians 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 Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Doreau. The average income tax rate is 85.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Yoresterian economy, worth 178 trillion Yoresterian Dinaroes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 89,876 Yoresterian Dinaroes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The national anthem is considered broadly offensive to those who don't believe in Roman Catholicism, family isn't who you're born with but who you abandon in foreign countries, burning yourself alive is not okay but starving and whipping yourself is fine, and protecting the land is holey work. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yoresteria's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Yoresteria is ranked 4,296^th in the world and 8^th in Right to Life for Safest, scoring 131.15 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.