The United Socialist States of Yridan is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Redael Neru with an even hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, digital currency, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, cheerful population of 1.784 billion Yridanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Autarky. The average income tax rate is 96.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Yridanian economy, worth 265 trillion Social Credit Points 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 148,654 Social Credit Points, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Autarky Times is sold out, the tenet of free speech is held dear, one does not simply walk into the tundra, and pandemics are over and done with by the time it takes to pass the nation's stringent border security. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yridan's national animal is the Frigate Bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Yridan is ranked 36,794^th in the world and 1^st in Free Union of Oppressed States for Most Patriotic, with 40.21 flags saluted per person per day.