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“Rule well your country!”

The Empire of Yeses is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by President with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 5.503 billion 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.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yeses City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 90%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned, the government has ordered a moratorium on referenda, it is a crime to offend someone's religious beliefs, and the fire protection service is wholly government-funded. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yeses's national animal is the ant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the colony dollar.

Yeses is ranked 14th in the region and 889th in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.