The Free Land of Western New Yakern is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Shenji Akari with an even hand, and remarkable for its digital currency, free-roaming dinosaurs, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate population of 1.094 billion Western New Yakernians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tokyo-3. The average income tax rate is 70.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Western New Yakernian economy, worth 99.9 trillion Coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 91,290 Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Travelers are subject to extensive searches if beet stains are visible on their clothing, primetime re-runs of The Black and White Minstrel Show are a critical hit, people are bored of easy crossword puzzles, and a murderous reputation can revitalise a flagging celebrity career. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Western New Yakern's national animal is the Platypus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Western New Yakern is ranked 23,579^th in the world and 415^th in 10000 Islands for Smartest Citizens, with 56 quips per hour.