The Bony Theocracy of Yurtrus is a titanic, cultured nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, enslaved workforce, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 17.786 billion Yurtrusians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of UndergroundCity. The average income tax rate is 23.1%.

The Yurtrusian economy, worth a remarkable 1,036 trillion White Powders a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is 58,287 White Powders, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens drive tank-like vehicles with mounted machine guns, in government offices a hidden killer takes the lives of ministers and civil servants, droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, and attempted suicide is punishable by public hanging. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Yurtrus's national animal is the Vulture, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Yurtrus is ranked 274,342^nd in the world and 2^nd in the Boneyard for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7.28 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.