The United Republics of Yue Zhou is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by President Wu Zhongsheng with an even hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, keen interest in outer space, and flagrant waste-dumping. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 7.098 billion Yueren 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nangang. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.0%.

The powerhouse Yue economy, worth 631 trillion yuebis a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Soda Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 89,021 yuebis, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 303,079 per year while the poor average 19,265, a ratio of 15.7 to 1.

There's more than one way to skin a diplomat, the government response to disaster victims starving for bread is "let them eat stale cake", foreign spirits are hard to find due to an abundance of "Cletus and Jim Bob's Homemade Yue Moonshine", and Yue-made cars tend to catch fire in people's driveways. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yue Zhou's national animal is the tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Yue Zhou is ranked 26,439^th in the world and 13^th in Rushmore for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 206.95 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.