The Autocratic Empire of Yurkun is a huge, genial nation, notable for its otherworldly petting zoo, compulsory gun ownership, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 655 million Yurkunians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Reidhal City. The average income tax rate is 71.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient a Yurkuni economy, worth 55.6 trillion Ghygias a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 84,825 Ghygias, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crocodile roadkill is smeared across the asphalt of the new Formula One track, in life full of care there is no time to stop and stare, Golden Pheasants with strange deformities like three eyes and tentacles have been seen prancing through the countryside where industrial waste is dumped, and billions of Ghygias are being blown on orbital weapons development. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yurkun's national animal is the Golden Pheasant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Yurkun is ranked 269,956^th in the world and 149^th in Eladria for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 24,260.04 Standard Monetary Units.