The Commonwealth of Yahyaopia is a tiny, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 9 million Yahyaopians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.7%.

The thriving Yahyaopian economy, worth 484 billion new kronor a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Trout Farming, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 53,856 new kronor, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 190,634 per year while the poor average 10,985, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, the studies of art and philosophy are banned, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, and citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Yahyaopia's national animal is the Bear, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Yahyaopia is ranked 179,747^th in the world and 69^th in Anteria for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 63.09 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.