The Republic of Syrda is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, prohibition of alcohol, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 11.06 billion Syrdans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Environment, and Education. The average income tax rate is 87.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Syrdan economy, worth 852 trillion takas a year, is highly specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 77,043 takas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Octogenarian swimsuit models insist that they've still got it, government policy is dictated by a major religion, it's surprisingly hard to find pictures of the bad haircuts from Leader's childhood, and drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Syrda's national animal is the llama, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Syrda is ranked 83,968^th in the world and 1,660^th in the Rejected Realms for Highest Average Incomes, with 77,043.96 Standard Monetary Units.