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The Holy Blue Zombie of Yodle 44 is a colossal, safe nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 4.11 billion Yodle 44ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yodle City. The average income tax rate is 35.4%.

The very strong Yodle 44ian economy, worth 262 trillion Gold Coins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Trout Farming, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 63,934 Gold Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Every politician claims to be at least 1% Native Yodle 44ian, gun ownership is compulsory, passive-aggressive congratulations cards inform mums-to-be that their pregnancy is their greatest achievement in life, and pet owners are granted clemency from being ritually sacrificed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Yodle 44's national animal is the Zombie, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Orthodox Yodlism.

Yodle 44 is ranked 262,780^th in the world and 7^th in The Graveyard That Has No Big Banks for Most Cultured, scoring 61 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.