The Free Land of The Yves-is is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its feral children, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 864 million Ifis love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rottnest. The average income tax rate is 60.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Ifis economy, worth 31.5 trillion Lumens a year, is quite specialized and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 36,496 Lumens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Weird kids who eat bugs are breaking the law, community-designed sword prostheses are becoming dangerously common, making up random numbers to name new asteroids is the bulk of astronomers' work, and the Ifis Arts Council pays teenagers to sit through opera performances. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Yves-is's national animal is the Quokka, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Yves-is is ranked 275,843^rd in the world and 1,074^th in Pacifism for Highest Average Incomes, with 36,496.24 Standard Monetary Units.