The People's Republic of Yakovsk is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.816 billion Yakovskians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 73.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Yakovskian economy, worth 18.4 trillion Ducats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Retail. Average income is 10,152 Ducats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's a bustling black market for vegetables, hiding wrinkles with make-up is illegal, you don't need a smoking gun to arrest someone for promoting guns, and foreign visitors who show an interest in Yakovskian politics are immediately deported. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yakovsk's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Yakovsk is ranked 289,363^rd in the world and 55^th in Swabia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -8.25 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.