The Republic of New Ylicia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Peter Roux with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 3.005 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 medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bonaire. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 43.2%.

The powerhouse New Ylician economy, worth 288 trillion sequins a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 95,919 sequins, with the richest citizens earning 9.4 times as much as the poorest.

In life full of care there is no time to stop and stare, maximum security fish farms leave caged salmon pining for the fjords, murder is sanctioned if the legal paperwork is filled out correctly, and every politician claims to be at least 1% Native New Ylician. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. New Ylicia's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Ylicia is ranked 34,042^nd in the world and 178^th in Europe for Most Politically Free, scoring 77.9 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.