The Okeanocratic Republics of Ytupuera is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed population of 2.162 billion Ytupuerans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pirytiva. The average income tax rate is 75.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Ytupueran economy, worth 107 trillion Koqazzes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 49,743 Koqazzes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Religion is strictly forbidden within school grounds, attendance of fathers at PTA meetings is at an all-time high, internet searches for the inventor of the three-wheeled steam-powered Ytupueran weed picker are way up, and soylent products are an expensive commodity due to a lack of volunteers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ytupuera's national animal is the Caribou, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ytupuera is ranked 225,939^th in the world and 575^th in Carcassonne for Most Armed, with 0.23 weapons per person.