The Republic of New Ylicia is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Peter Roux with a fair hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.865 billion New Ylicians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bonaire. The average income tax rate is 62.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming New Ylician economy, worth 417 trillion sequins a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 85,866 sequins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians tend to speak more loudly and slowly these days, the Violetist community celebrates bombshells being dropped on New Ylicia, you need two tenors and a coloratura contralto to sing the national anthem properly, and fifty years of pension funds can disappear in half a second. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Ylicia's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Ylicia is ranked 15,904^th in the world and 304^th in Europe for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 8,995.49 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.