The Republic of Ysol is a tiny, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 8 million Ysoli enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government prioritizes Welfare, although Spirituality, Healthcare, and Law & Order are also considered important. The average income tax rate is 63.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Ysoli economy, worth 162 billion pounds 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 led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 20,321 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The treehouse in Capybara Park is the tallest building in Ysol, the delay between passed legislation and real world implementation is often a decade or longer, Ysol's heavy congestion charges are the bane of motorists' lives, and nobody looks each other in the eye at neighborhood block parties any more. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ysol's national animal is the capybara, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ysol is ranked 97,195^th in the world and 901^st in the Rejected Realms for Largest Governments, scoring 16.94 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.