Location: Antarctic Oasis

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Possibly Ennish Principality of Syrkania is a huge, genial nation, ruled by the Prince with an even hand, and notable for its irreverence towards religion. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 787 million enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Education, although Social Welfare and Social Equality are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Princeport. The average income tax rate is 57%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing, Soda Sales, and Furniture Restoration industries.

Businessmen have been raging over recent 'gender equality' policies in the workplace, artists are pillars of society, the Prince has just been declared ruler of Syrkania in an international press conference, and strange looking men with big red noses are found hiding behind bushes and inside dustbins. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is moderate, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Syrkania's national animal is the tuatara, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Gabinol.

Syrkania is ranked 51st in Antarctic Oasis and 81,400th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -17 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and