The Republic of Yoyle is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Jack with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, complete lack of prisons, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed population of 1.579 billion Yoyleans 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 medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yoyle City. The average income tax rate is 42.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Yoylean economy, worth 175 trillion Yoylean dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 110,589 Yoylean dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Bureaucrats close new businesses for not complying with the Penguin Packaging Index, businesses are forced to bring all work back within the nation's borders, the intelligence community is playing 4-D chess with an imaginary spy network, and new research always seems to support government initiatives. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yoyle's national animal is the dragon.

Yoyle is ranked 197,734^th in the world and 43^rd in Goninan for Least Corrupt Governments, with 92.38 percentage of bribes refused.