The Disputed Territories of Yahara is a titanic, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, restrictive gun laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 12.814 billion Yaharans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 43.6%.

The strong Yaharan economy, worth 564 trillion Oashishes a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 44,033 Oashishes, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Genetic researchers have been expelled, Leader has just been declared ruler of Yahara in an international press conference, a major religion has been named as Yahara's national religion, and wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. Yahara's national animal is the camel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Yahara is ranked 114,194^th in the world and 23^rd in The Eighth Closet for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 726.98 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.