The Republic of Sydna is a mid-sized, efficient nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 82 million Sydnans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.0%.

The very strong Sydnan economy, worth 4.69 trillion Hwans a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 57,225 Hwans, with the richest citizens earning 9.4 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Sydna's national animal is the Tiger, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Sydna is ranked 128,997^th in the world and 1,080^th in the Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 57.8 on the Human Development Index.