The Republic of Yeasty is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its deadly medical pandemics, zero percent divorce rate, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 2.297 billion Yeastyians 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Yeastyian economy, worth 276 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 120,180 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 8.3 times as much as the poorest.

Arthritic surgeons with tremulous fingers reassure patients that they are in safe hands, the Great Yeastyian Desert is reputedly the most uninhabitable place in the region, anti-tourism militias patrol the borders, and wait staff claim to like it when odorous customers flirt with them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yeasty's national animal is the penguin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Yeasty is ranked 271,000^th in the world and 817^th in Two for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 38.17 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.