The Incorporated States of Yriae is a small, genial nation, renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, keen interest in outer space, and frequent executions. The compassionate, devout population of 26 million Yrieggites are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 35.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The fair Yriaean economy, worth 959 billion phlegmes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 36,914 phlegmes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Piracy is the nation's most popular pastime, women don't report crimes to the emergency services for fear of being arrested, soldiers' positions are given away by the glint of their bayonets, and bins outnumber trees in city parks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yriae's national animal is the horseshit beetle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Yriae is ranked 230,078^th in the world and 4,919^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.