The Empire of Yeses is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by President with a fair hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, complete absence of social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 21.931 billion Yesesians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yeses City. The average income tax rate is 40.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Yesesian economy, worth a remarkable 3,933 trillion colony dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 179,362 colony dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Home renovation projects take decades to complete, college-level writing classes are taught by undergraduate editors of the school newspaper, religious epiphanies are often cited as a reason for high school drop-outs, and hipster cyclists declare that "metal is dead". Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yeses's national animal is the ant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Religion of Yeses.

Yeses is ranked 230,677^th in the world and 8,180^th in the South Pacific for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 18.53 on the Bus Surprisal Index.