The Sublime Yertopia of Yertanistan is a gargantuan, pleasant nation, ruled by The Yertatollah with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 41.336 billion Yertanistanians 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 minute government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Defense. Income tax is unheard of.

The Yertanistanian economy, worth a remarkable 4,701 trillion Yert-marks a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 113,742 Yert-marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Taking a walk on the wild side is punishable by death, cowboys often wear wolfskin jackets to the saloon, citizens are expected to be armed at all times, and diners regard burgers made from mechanically reclaimed cow protein as "proper meat". Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Yertanistan's national animal is the Horse, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Yertanistan is ranked 103,464^th in the world and 68^th in Declansburg for Nudest, with 166 cheeks per square mile.