Nation/Syvie

The United States of Syvie is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Tishy with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.193 billion Syvians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital City. The average income tax rate is 73.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Syvian economy, worth 82.3 trillion krumples a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 68,952 krumples, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Schools have extensive counseling programs for troubled students, there are six more weeks of winter if a northerner sees her shadow, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, and business meetings across the country are interrupted by the sound of squeaking whoopee-cushions. Crime is totally unknown. Syvie's national animal is the octopus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Syvie is ranked 151,046th in the world and 1,218th in 10000 Islands for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring zero on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.