The Republic of Syrda is a titanic, genial nation, remarkable for its lack of airports, prohibition of alcohol, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 15.115 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 1,184 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.

Preschoolers outnumber veteran politicians in government, official government guidance encourages binge behaviors, child support loans with high interest rates are available in Syrdan banks, and TV coverage of music festivals consists mostly of backstage interviews. 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 40,250^th in the world and 233^rd in the Rejected Realms for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 4,937.41 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.