The Marsupial Alert System of The Death Syndicate is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its national health service, compulsory military service, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 624 million Death Syndicate Members are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Industry, Administration, and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cemetery Hill. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 37.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Death Syndicatean economy, worth 70.4 trillion drakes a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 112,869 drakes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 339,623 per year while the poor average 29,262, a ratio of 11.6 to 1.

International collectors know that a grease-stain on a work of art probably means it's passed through The Death Syndicate, no-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium, shady doctors seem to have impeccable records, and the military invades any neighboring nation with the gall to criticize its policies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Death Syndicate's national animal is the Plague, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Death Syndicate is ranked 4,778^th in the world and 386^th in The East Pacific for Most Influential, scoring 10,245 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.