The Confederacy of Symalith is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its fear of technology and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.347 billion Symalithians enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

The medium-sized, moralistic, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Administration, although Education and Law & Order are also considered important. The average income tax rate is 35.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Symalithian economy, worth 30.8 trillion dresyans a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 22,879 dresyans, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, Symalithians have replaced bears in a popular idiom, men are enrolling into lady etiquette courses, and the average cargo freighter spends more than half its service life undergoing safety inspections. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Symalith's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Symalith is ranked 236,780^th in the world and 437^th in Starlight for Highest Drug Use, scoring 54.92 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.