The Confederacy of Greater Yankavo is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Eustace Pierce with an even hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, aversion to nipples, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate population of 10.996 billion Greater Yankavoans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dalby. The average income tax rate is 72.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Greater Yankavoan economy, worth a remarkable 1,659 trillion Maxims a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 150,880 Maxims, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Many mayors are barely in office before being kicked out for minor parking violations, dynamite sales and concert audiences are booming, official government guidance encourages binge behaviors, and the new coalition government is so large nobody knows where it begins. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greater Yankavo's national animal is the Unicorn, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Greater Yankavo is ranked 10,312^th in the world and 5^th in United Nations UN for Nicest Citizens, with 32.54 average smiles per day.