The Pantheocracy of Yastarda is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by His Holiest of Holiness Dave with an even hand, and notable for its frequent executions, ban on automobiles, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 7.929 billion Yastardans 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 medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yastarda Doodle Town. The average income tax rate is 34.6%.

The Yastardan economy, worth 369 trillion As a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 46,624 As, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

The government keeps introducing new foreign species to combat the previous ones it has introduced, parents are fined for sending their children to take out the trash after sunset, everybody's got wood thanks to His Holiest of Holiness Dave, and body doubles and armed bodyguards escort witnesses to and from courtrooms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yastarda's national animal is the Macaroni Pony, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Yastarda is ranked 213,650^th in the world and 1,589^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -2.8 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.