The Community of Synoptic Gospels is a titanic, cultured nation, renowned for its infamous sell-swords, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 11.116 billion Synoptic Gospelsians 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 large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 62.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Synoptic Gospelsian economy, worth 841 trillion Sacred Hearts a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 75,699 Sacred Hearts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The government has declared that sharing is uncaring, selling your granddad's clothes requires an incredible amount of paperwork, all-natural foods are becoming a major fad, and homeowners are evicted to make way for new runways. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Synoptic Gospels's national animal is the Dove, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Synoptic Gospels is ranked 116,191^st in the world and 1^st in Jesus Christ for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 689.84 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.