The Council Republic of Syndicasia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by General Commissar with an even hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.625 billion Syndicasians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Trogenal. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Syndicasian economy, worth 716 trillion vouchers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 197,654 vouchers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Employers are finding it hard to screen candidates now that everyone gets A grades in their exams, young girls and senior citizens alike can be spotted wearing colourful short shorts, minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, and homes have been banned from having any more than one wheel. Crime is totally unknown. Syndicasia's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Syndicasia is ranked 289,379^th in the world and 7,111^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -16.83 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.