The Republic of Cynosura is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg with an even hand, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 7.561 billion Cynosurans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cynosura City. The average income tax rate is 77.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Cynosuran economy, worth 439 trillion Lumexes a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 58,133 Lumexes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Builders across Cynosura are blocked up with orders for new public loos, soylent products are an expensive commodity due to a lack of volunteers, discarded pennies litter the streets, and the Cynosura Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon'. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cynosura's national animal is the Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Cynosura is ranked 164,528^th in the world and 841^st in the Outback for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 268.75 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.