The United States of Youthenheim is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Marcel Smirnov with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 2.058 billion Youthenheimians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Polifirenia. The average income tax rate is 54.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Youthenheimian economy, worth 156 trillion Yourts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 76,260 Yourts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

If you go into the woods today you're sure of a big surprise, no-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium, nations that kill a Youthenheimian can expect a strongly worded letter, and search-and-rescue organisations are the biggest employer in the country. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Youthenheim's national animal is the Snow Leopard, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Atheism.

Youthenheim is ranked 64,907^th in the world and 13^th in Aspen for Largest Black Market, with 8.68 trillion Standard Monetary Units.