The Republic of Yappertown is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The quiet, industrious population of 163 million Yappertownians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 13.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Yappertownian economy, worth 8.22 trillion yapounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 50,416 yapounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Ghost regiments exist only on paper, genetic researchers have been expelled, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, and cars are banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Yappertown's national animal is the tremorsaurus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Yappertown is ranked 154,031^st in the world and 111^th in Hell for Lowest Crime Rates, with 60.7 law-abiding acts per hour.