The Holy Empire of Syringa is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its digital currency, enslaved workforce, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 548 million syringians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stella Nova. The average income tax rate is 33.0%.

The Syringan economy, worth 47.0 trillion Lilac petals a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 85,800 Lilac petals, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

Serial commas clarify the relationship between one's lackeys, the taxpayers, and kinsfolk, forest fires have dropped dramatically as there are hardly any forests left, private businesses are paving paradises to put up parking lots, and dentists routinely perform open heart surgery. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Syringa's national animal is the Raven, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Syringa is ranked 124,755^th in the world and 648^th in Europe for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 1,868.19 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.