The Republic of Syrda is a titanic, efficient nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and prohibition of alcohol. The compassionate, devout population of 15.081 billion Syrdans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Environment, and Education. The average income tax rate is 83.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Syrdan economy, worth a remarkable 1,182 trillion takas a year, is highly specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Cheese Exports. Average income is 78,383 takas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People with hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia faint upon diagnosis, preschoolers outnumber veteran politicians in government, official government guidance encourages binge behaviors, and child support loans with high interest rates are available in Syrdan banks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Syrda's national animal is the llama, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Syrda is ranked 50,471^st in the world and 328^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 5,337.22 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.