The Republic of Cynosura is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg with an even hand, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 7.532 billion Cynosurans 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 Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cynosura City. The average income tax rate is 77.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Cynosuran economy, worth 437 trillion Lumexes a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 58,133 Lumexes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Builders across Cynosura are blocked up with orders for new public loos, soylent products are an expensive commodity due to a lack of volunteers, discarded pennies litter the streets, and the Cynosura Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon'. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cynosura's national animal is the Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Cynosura is ranked 273,931^st in the world and 1,620^th in the Outback for Fattest Citizens, with 6.48 Obesity Rate.