The Republic of Yelpool is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its smutty television, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.372 billion Yelpoolians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Yelpoolian economy, worth 166 trillion florins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Pizza Delivery, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 121,060 florins, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 468,145 per year while the poor average 21,481, a ratio of 21.8 to 1.

Drivers regularly pull over for nonexistent police cars, police drones follow every suspected Peeping Tom, unused plastic recycling bins are being dumped into landfills by the tonne, and the recently unemployed can often be seen at the local homeless shelter. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yelpool's national animal is the squirrel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Yelpool is ranked 272,257^th in the world and 944^th in Concord for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring zero on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.