The Federation of Syphano is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 243 million Syphanoans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Public Transport, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.4%.

The powerhouse Syphanoan economy, worth 22.9 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 94,062 Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 274,643 per year while the poor average 25,445, a ratio of 10.8 to 1.

Roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, citizens know never to accept cookies from strangers, Jennifer Government is a bestseller, and scientific journals publish third-graders' school essays. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Syphano's national animal is the Cobra, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Syphano is ranked 163,533^rd in the world and 3,196^th in The North Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 621.44 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.