The United States of Yuriss is a huge, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic population of 629 million Yurissians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Scales. The average income tax rate is 17.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Yurissian economy, worth 29.3 trillion YR dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 46,599 YR dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The country's population is reported with a margin of error of several billions, there's a bustling black market for vegetables, the Fashion Channel can only be viewed on widescreen TVs, and the government tells its citizens to 'forgive and forget'. Crime is almost non-existent. Yuriss's national animal is the Dolphin, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans.

Yuriss is ranked 280,163^rd in the world and 294^th in The League for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 346.34 on the Societal Mobility Rating.