The Republic of Symbol Island is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, ritual sacrifices, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 8.145 billion Symbol Islandians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 62.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Symbol Islandian economy, worth 880 trillion Golds a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 108,108 Golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Windows in Symbol Island City don't have much of a view, it's believed that women's brains will overheat if they think for themselves, burning yourself alive is not okay but starving and whipping yourself is fine, and more than one company makes the board game Monopoly. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Symbol Island's national animal is the Clam, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Symbol Island is ranked 94,411^th in the world and 351^st in The grimy backyard of Bigej for Largest Populations, with 8.14 billion capita.