The Republic of Syncx is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Helena Vortanis with an iron fist, and notable for its triple-decker prams, pith helmet sales, and feral children. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 3.538 billion Syncxians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yggdrassil. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 3.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Syncxian economy, worth 715 trillion Skals a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an amazing 202,229 Skals, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 597,753 per year while the poor average 53,771, a ratio of 11.1 to 1.

Boats straying just metres away from the shore will raise the ire of the Coast Guard, annulments are on the rise as couples discover their ancestors were born in the same hospitals, the army lures cannon fodder with promises of a college education, and meat-eating is frowned upon. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Syncx's national animal is the Bat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Athyism.

Syncx is ranked 7,140^th in the world and 6^th in Portugal for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 6,167.98 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.