The Democratic Socialist States of The Ypres Front is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Governer Dante Hiraki with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, devout population of 2.631 billion Yprians 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 Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ypres. The average income tax rate is 83.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Yprian economy, worth 291 trillion Goldmarcs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 110,813 Goldmarcs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Consumption of cat memes has skyrocketed, the Museum of Blackacrean War Crimes is located on "Blackacre Did Nothing Wrong Avenue", conspiracy theorists allege Ypres's new subway map resembles Satanic symbols, and modelling agencies send their clients to work in nursing homes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Ypres Front's national animal is the Andean condor, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

The Ypres Front is ranked 221,498^th in the world and 9^th in MineKhan Origin Nations for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -4.2 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.