The Unitary State of Yuskovsk is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Aleksandr Vishnyakov with an iron fist, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.17 billion Yuskovskians 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, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Education also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Murekia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 72.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Yuskovskian economy, worth 508 trillion Yuskovskian Rubles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 160,500 Yuskovskian Rubles, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

Weighted heels are added to military boots to ensure diminutive celebrities meet minimum requirements, songs of praise to Aleksandr Vishnyakov are filled with coded messages from the resistance, relations with Merovingia are as cold as Yuskovsk's high-security cell blocks, and the nation grinds to a halt on the anniversary of every marginally noteworthy event. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yuskovsk's national animal is the Red Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Orthodox Christianity.

Yuskovsk is ranked 27,340^th in the world and 409^th in Europe for Most Cultured, scoring 81 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.