The Most Serene Republic of Yalgora is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Michelangelo Sirendra with a fair hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.079 billion Yalgorans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arkadianopoulis. The average income tax rate is 80.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Yalgoran economy, worth 119 trillion Marks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 110,744 Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's forests are full of treasure hunters in military-grade survival gear, unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police, lifeguards are stationed on the streets during rainstorms, and Yalgora has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yalgora's national animal is the Turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Secular.

Yalgora is ranked 216,374^th in the world and 9,880^th in The North Pacific for Largest Retail Industry, scoring -16.37 on the Shrinkwrap Consignment Productivity Index.