The Republic of New Ylicia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Peter Roux with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 4.265 billion New Ylicians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bonaire. The average income tax rate is 63.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming New Ylician economy, worth 363 trillion sequins a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 85,237 sequins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tax revenue is often intercepted by international accountants before ever seeing the national treasury, family isn't who you're born with but who you abandon in foreign countries, citizens must pay to enjoy New Ylicia's pristine beaches, and prison visits increase substantially during election years. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Ylicia's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Ylicia is ranked 49,488^th in the world and 241^st in Europe for Highest Drug Use, scoring 92 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.