The Natural Tank of Yurble is a mammoth, orderly nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 7.284 billion Yurbleans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 58.3%.

The thriving Yurblean economy, worth 656 trillion florins a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 90,114 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Dissing one's former country is a prerequisite to apply for Yurblean citizenship, billions of florins are being poured into a space program, armed security details escort librarians to their homes, and Yurble has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yurble's national animal is the elephant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Yurble is ranked 255,957^th in the world and 3^rd in Vibonia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.32 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.