The Federation of Syphano is a very large, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 198 million Syphanoans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Public Transport, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.5%.

The powerhouse Syphanoan economy, worth 18.1 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 91,588 Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 273,234 per year while the poor average 24,036, a ratio of 11.4 to 1.

Crime is on the rise as DNA sampling has been all but outlawed, the smell of napalm in the morning is usually alongside grilled Cobra, when you fly on Air Syphano you win a seat or you die, and aeroplane cockpits no longer have altimeters or airspeed indicators. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Syphano's national animal is the Cobra, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Syphano is ranked 137,619^th in the world and 2,584^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 1,673.52 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.