The Federal Republic of Yancoellia is a large, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, anti-smoking policies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 75 million Yancoellians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 65.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Yancoellian economy, worth 4.27 trillion Culas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 56,869 Culas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government theft from poor artists to give to rich allies has been dubbed the "reverse Robin Hood" policy, anyone can get ahead in life if they want to, an exhibition on Rhino memes is currently starring at the National Art Gallery, and psychiatrists bizarrely accompany Leader to meetings with foreign heads of state. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yancoellia's national animal is the Rhino, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Yancoellia is ranked 44,080^th in the world and 29^th in Talonia for Most Patriotic, with 30.23 flags saluted per person per day.