The Disputed Territories of Yargin is a mid-sized, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, ban on automobiles, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, devout population of 62 million Yargers enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 34.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Yarginian economy, worth 3.28 trillion freckles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Trout Farming, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 52,897 freckles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Movie references are legally admissible in court, Yargin City's main city thoroughfare has been blocked by a row of leyland cypresses that mysteriously appeared overnight, retail stores are known for creating their own oddly-similar holidays in the months preceding any major festivity, and pet loving officers arrest citizens who don't give their dogs enough biscuits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Yargin's national animal is the red herring, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Yargin is ranked 240,440^th in the world and 817^th in The Frontier Sea for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 32.54 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.