The Republic of Yyx96 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.707 billion Yyx96ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 44.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Yyx96ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,142 trillion florins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 170,374 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Nuclear warheads are frequently launched into space as a warning to invading meteoroids, Animal Liberationists are regularly arrested, many of the unemployed have had the fight taken out of them, and power stations shutting down at night has made bedtime reading tricky. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Yyx96's national animal is the beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Yyx96 is ranked 80,248^th in the world and 78^th in YYX for Largest Populations, with 6.71 billion capita.