Location: The North Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Rebirth of Sydia is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Syd Barrett with a fair hand, and notable for its national health service. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 11.288 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Public Transport receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of La Serenissima. The average income tax rate is 22%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Urban high-volume mailers now receive their mail via chauffer-driven limousines, nervous homeowners have been blamed for rising death rates amongst carol singers and locksmiths, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, and the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit. Crime is well under control, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sydia's national animal is the flying pig, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the diamond.

Sydia is ranked 59th in The North Pacific and 2,542nd in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 50 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and