The Principality of Ylythu is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 591 million Ylythu are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 28.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Ylythu economy, worth 23.0 trillion Solar Credits a year, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 38,874 Solar Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, surveillance cameras are banned, and hundreds of subterranean tunnels are being built as part of "Project Morlock". Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ylythu's national animal is the Solar Worm.

Ylythu is ranked 168,014^th in the world and 1^st in NGC 7321 for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 225.7 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.