The Republic of Ypp09 is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its public floggings, ban on automobiles, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, devout population of 998 million Ypp09ians 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, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 59.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Ypp09ian economy, worth 50.5 trillion yellopsian dollars 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 large, well-organized black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. 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 50,556 yellopsian dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

School lunches are made with hypo-allergenic wood pulp, when their backs are against the walls Ypp09ians look out for gay men, only AIs know why the nation is rapidly increasing its semiconductor stockpile, and the new iVote app allows representatives to vote on legislation by launching ill-tempered birds and matching candies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ypp09's national animal is the card, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ypp09 is ranked 60,333^rd in the world and 2^nd in Ypp Puppet Land for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 59.27 Effective Tax Rate.