The Democratic Republic of Yarneria is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by don't ask with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, digital currency, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 3.321 billion Yarnerians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cruneria. The average income tax rate is 44.4%.

The strong Yarnerian economy, worth 215 trillion General Deeds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Furniture Restoration, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 64,743 General Deeds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Attendance of fathers at PTA meetings is at an all-time high, food voucher forgeries are causing headaches for the police, postmen have been arrested in job lots for selling junk mail as home insulation, and the mob and the police have recently had numerous clashes in the back alleys of Yarneria's cities due to the government's steadfast anti-casino stance. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yarneria's national animal is the Red King Crab, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Protestant Christianity.

Yarneria is ranked 104,880^th in the world and 122^nd in The UMNS for Smartest Citizens, with 35.76 quips per hour.