The United Socialist States of Yuelane is a mid-sized, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 50 million Yuelaneans 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 Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 67.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Yuelanean economy, worth 1.07 trillion yins 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 Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Cheese Exports, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 21,416 yins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has to take out its Visa to eliminate visas, Blackacrean security services are wondering why Leader is so fond of the numbers 6, 7 and 9, people are bored of easy crossword puzzles, and in life full of care there is no time to stop and stare. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yuelane's national animal is the Ox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Yuelane is ranked 40,101^st in the world and 93^rd in Saint Osmund for Safest, scoring 105.74 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.