The Nine Provinces of Yelang is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by the Emperor with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 5.562 billion Chinese 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 enormous, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Law & Order, with Defense also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Qixingguan. The average income tax rate is 51.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Chinese economy, worth 171 trillion monies a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 30,906 monies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The Emperor has just been declared ruler of Yelang in an international press conference and Yelang has designated Qixingguan as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yelang's national animal is the panda.

Yelang is ranked 85,951^st in the world and 3,351^st in Balder for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 2,856.08 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.