The Sub-optimally Aligned Nation of Yriae is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Ferguson Springoff with an even hand, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.369 billion Yrieggites 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Querome. The average income tax rate is 73.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Yriaean economy, worth 133 trillion phlegmes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 97,408 phlegmes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Businesses often fire workers in favour of cheaper automatic systems, extraordinary tribunals try accused financial criminals, conversion therapy coupons are a popular present for coming of age ceremonies, and yoga studios are being converted into yoga research labs. Crime 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, and its national religion is Accidentalism.

Yriae is ranked 273,095^th in the world and 5,104^th in The North Pacific for Most Secular, with 11.31 Atheism Rate.