The Democratic Republic of Yon Kendopia is a large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, soft-spoken computers, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 129 million Yon Kendopians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 38.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Yon Kendopian economy, worth 2.29 trillion Kendoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Information Technology, Pizza Delivery, Woodchip Exports, and Cheese Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 17,784 Kendoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Only AIs know why the nation is rapidly increasing its semiconductor stockpile, criminals identify as innocent, rugby players that knock each other over always stop to make sure the other fellow is okay, and students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas. Crime is totally unknown. Yon Kendopia's national animal is the Red Panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Yon Kendopia is ranked 175,287^th in the world and 1,640^th in the Pacific for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 324.6 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.