The People's Republic of New Yasmar is a huge, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, democratic population of 716 million New Yasmarians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 14.5%.

The New Yasmarian economy, worth 41.8 trillion crowns a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 58,374 crowns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

Nations that kill a New Yasmarian can expect a strongly worded letter, escargots have lost their charm ever since they started to be called 'cooked land snails', it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, and APCs on school runs disgorge kids via assault ramps. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. New Yasmar's national animal is the Gray Sea Hawk, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

New Yasmar is ranked 253,694^th in the world and 314^th in Edoca for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 80.68 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.