The State of Syncrete is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of public education, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 23.785 billion Syncreteans are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The minute, moralistic, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.0%.

The powerhouse Syncretean economy, worth 973 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is 40,949 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 140,488 per year while the poor average 8,760, a ratio of 16.0 to 1.

It is illegal to make racist remarks in public, the government is reining in public spending, elections have been outlawed, and Animal Liberationists are regularly jailed. Crime is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Syncrete's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Syncrete is ranked 64,516^th in the world and 2^nd in Delaware for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 3,634.57 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.