The Confederacy of Symalith is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its fear of technology. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.193 billion Symalithians enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

The medium-sized, moralistic, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Administration, with Education, Law & Order, and Defense also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 34.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Symalithian economy, worth 29.0 trillion dresyans a year, is quite specialized and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 24,290 dresyans, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Chalkboards are replaced with billboards in the classroom, ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products, senior citizens can usually be found doing heavy manual labour, and Leader has just been declared ruler of Symalith in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Symalith's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Symalith is ranked 132,953^rd in the world and 314^th in Starlight for Lowest Crime Rates, with 63.75 law-abiding acts per hour.