The Republic of Yiara is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Andre Castillo with an even hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, pith helmet sales, and compulsory military service. The hard-working population of 10.69 billion Yiarans 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 Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Esperanza. The average income tax rate is 16.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Yiaran economy, worth 567 trillion Yiara Pesos a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 53,101 Yiara Pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Postmen have been arrested in job lots for selling junk mail as home insulation, Catherine Gratwick's campaign support is considered seminal, political candidates who don't release their birth certificates are presumed to have been born in Maxtopia, and paper and ink publications are subsidised by the government to keep them in the black. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yiara's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Yiara is ranked 93,951^st in the world and 9^th in Astares Covenant for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 44,339.61 Standard Monetary Units.