The People's Republic of Yeonguo is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its pith helmet sales, public floggings, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 716 million Yeonguoans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Administration are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Píngděng. The average income tax rate is 82.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Yeonguoan economy, worth 104 trillion Rens 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 large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip 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 an impressive 145,933 Rens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It's a long jump to get onto the housing ladder, hit TV show 'The eXecution Factor' is a critical success, loudmouthed journalists are given the chop, and the military perceives nations hit by natural disasters as "easy pickings". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yeonguo's national animal is the Senrima, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Yeonguo is ranked 256,979^th in the world and 5,690^th in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 43.9 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.