The Democratic Socialist States of Sirian is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President of Sirian with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, zero percent divorce rate, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 29.028 billion Sirianians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sirian River Valley. The average income tax rate is 77.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sirianian economy, worth an astonishing 10,043 trillion Euros a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 345,992 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

'Abstinence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder' is a common school motto, rumours have it that a secret police is responsible for the recent spate of missing persons, government-run screening operations remove embryos with severe genetic disorders, and elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates. Crime is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Sirian's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is a major religion.

Sirian is ranked 97^th in the world and 1^st in Aeternum for Most Cultured, scoring 877 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.