The Free Land of Synstylae is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Lucian Council with a fair hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.693 billion Synstylaeans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Thorn. The average income tax rate is 70.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Synstylaean economy, worth 189 trillion Petals a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Pizza Delivery, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 40,393 Petals, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws, the nation is known abroad mostly for its Parliamentary antics, voter turnout for the election of the Junior Assistant for Non-Digital Media Strategies has been unsurprisingly low, and UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Synstylae's national animal is the Rosebear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Synstylae is ranked 13,321^st in the world and 1^st in Amaranth for Safest, scoring 117.76 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.