The Democratic States of Ysa is a small, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 45 million Ysans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 27.3%.

The Ysan economy, worth 2.03 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Basket Weaving, and Gambling. Average income is 45,177 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Work stinks, the tax department is having withdrawal symptoms, children must be board certified to append "Jr" to their name, and the government expresses surprisingly intense opinions on the use of whip pans. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ysa's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ysa is ranked 145,631^st in the world and 57^th in Caer Sidi for Highest Poor Incomes, with 24,094.85 Standard Monetary Units.