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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 notable for its museums and concert halls. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 5.015 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. The average income tax rate is 76%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Tombstones are ten feet high to accommodate the names of inhabitants, the government is reining in public spending, college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, and Yeses successfully hosted the the South Pacific Olympics. 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 22nd in the region and 1,340th in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.