The Colony of Yuyu Puppet 98 is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its vat-grown people, disturbing lack of elderly people, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 8.44 billion Yuyu Puppet 98ians 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 39.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Yuyu Puppet 98ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,416 trillion Yuyu coins a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 167,866 Yuyu coins, with the richest citizens earning 7.0 times as much as the poorest.

The Department of Health is snowed under by requests for crisper ciabatta and tenderer tagliatelle, grazing lands are filled with cattle wearing odd-looking anti-pollution devices, goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter, and students and teachers are regularly stopped and searched for symbols of religious affiliation before class. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yuyu Puppet 98's national animal is the Yuyu.

Yuyu Puppet 98 is ranked 38,197^th in the world and 29^th in Willow Farm for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 4,550.29 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.