The Yoke of Serious Problems is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Jurgen das Kiint with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, rampant corporate plagiarism, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic population of 45.154 billion Serious Problemsians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 95.1%.

The powerhouse Serious Problemsian economy, worth a remarkable 3,976 trillion Bullions a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Book Publishing industry. Average income is 88,062 Bullions, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Procrastination is a national sport, the government has adopted a more thrifty attitude to administrating the country's needs, Jurgen das Kiint has just been declared ruler of Serious Problems in an international press conference, and civil servants spend most their time carrying out risk assessments for paper cuts. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Serious Problems's national animal is the virus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Serious Problems is ranked 67,454^th in the world and 1,580^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 4,601.22 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.