The Republic of Antiyard is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, infamous sell-swords, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 14.975 billion Antiyardians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Caramba. The average income tax rate is 96.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Antiyardian economy, worth a remarkable 3,152 trillion Konigs a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 210,526 Konigs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Feeling like a winner comes at a price, Caramba has restaurants serving every meat from aardvark to zebra, no one believes anything until it has been strenuously tested and peer-reviewed, and school children are expected to know the names of all seven hundred native tribes and their cultural practices. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Antiyard's national animal is the Tiger, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Antiyard is ranked 277,240^th in the world and 6,144^th in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 33.18 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.