The State of YaoShan is a massive, safe nation, ruled by General Bai Yang with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, parental licensing program, and national health service. The hard-working, devout population of 1.009 billion YaoShanese 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Longcheng. The average income tax rate is 41.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The YaoShanese economy, worth 58.8 trillion yuan a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 58,296 yuan, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Thousands of picky mothers-in-law have been recruited to serve as even pickier cookery instructors, homeless people can be found sleeping on streets in front of unoccupied second homes, the dessert 'Death by Chocolate' isn't the most lethal dish on the menu, and sneezing pedestrians are grabbed by alley-lurking doctors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. YaoShan's national animal is the dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

YaoShan is ranked 13,687^th in the world and 817^th in Osiris for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 54.3 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.