The State of Ylia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory military service and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-working, cynical population of 22.75 billion Ylians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 38.8%.

The very strong Ylian economy, worth 867 trillion betales a year, is highly specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 38,129 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 113,370 per year while the poor average 10,053, a ratio of 11.3 to 1.

Ylia has designated Westminster as its capital city. Crime is a problem. Ylia's national animal is the deer.

Ylia is ranked 102,907^th in the world and 3^rd in Moroni for Most Primitive, scoring -20 on the Scary Big Number Scale.