The Second Federal Community of The Ysion is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by The Community Council League with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 16.097 billion Ysion are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cassi City. The average income tax rate is 86.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ysionian economy, worth a remarkable 1,426 trillion Ysionian Ducats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 88,621 Ysionian Ducats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Whipping posts and lashes have been transferred to the Historical Museum of Ysionian Embarrassments, every citizen is allowed exactly fifteen minutes of fame, using "inspect element" is grounds for espionage charges, and stranded mountaineers can watch livestreamed footage of their rescues. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Ysion's national animal is the Goat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is State Atheism.

The Ysion is ranked 21,635^th in the world and 15^th in Ridgefield for Most Developed, scoring 86.34 on the Human Development Index.