The Holy Empire of Yuri WLW is a large, safe nation, renowned for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 185 million Yuri WLWians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 33.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Yuri WLWian economy, worth 8.13 trillion yuricoins a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 43,921 yuricoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Big Brother is still watching even when your big brother is dead, the nation's orphanages and maternity wards have been nicknamed 'the Killbot Factories', there's a bright dawn ahead for Yuri WLW, and it's normal to start working life with crippling financial debt. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yuri WLW's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Yuri WLW is ranked 241,372^nd in the world and 4^th in 2526 for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 28.76 on the Bus Surprisal Index.