The Colony of Yamawaro is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its flagrant waste-dumping, sprawling nuclear power plants, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 877 million Yamawaro live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The relatively small, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education, Industry, and Welfare also on the agenda, while International Aid and Spirituality receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.7%.

The powerhouse Yamawaro economy, worth 84.3 trillion bullet monies a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Soda Sales, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 96,166 bullet monies, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 347,131 per year while the poor average 19,031, a ratio of 18.2 to 1.

Families must live in a village for a century before they get any say in how it runs, programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, world leaders often feel uncomfortable when Leader tries to recruit them into selling cosmetics, and chrome-clad space marines are such stuff that dreams are made on. Crime, especially youth-related, is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Yamawaro's national animal is the crab, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Yamawaro is ranked 45,386^th in the world and 15^th in Japan for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 5,112.92 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.