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“Creare meliorem mundum”

The Federation of Syryanland is a large, socially progressive nation, notable for its compulsory military service. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 73 million enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 71%, and even higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Gambling.

It is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws, prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators, anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, and the nation's infamous boot camp is more brutal than most battlefields. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown. Syryanland's national animal is the wolf cub, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the necker.

Syryanland is ranked 430th in the region and 39,307th in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.