The Hypothetical Emirate of Syriana is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its enslaved workforce, frequent executions, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 26.116 billion Syrianans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Damascus. The average income tax rate is 73.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Syrianan economy, worth a remarkable 5,572 trillion Oils a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 213,384 Oils, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, flight attendants rip down curtains with revolutionary fervor, political visitors are forced to stop ten paces from Leader's throne, and people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Syriana's national animal is the Camel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Syriana is ranked 9,593^rd in the world and 756^th in Balder for Most Corrupt Governments, with 158.93 kickbacks per hour.