The Angry Autonomous State of The Death Syndicate is a huge, efficient nation, ruled by Governor Alberecht Fahrbach with an iron fist, and renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, avowedly heterosexual populace, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 961 million Death Syndicate Members 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cemetery Hill. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 43.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Death Syndicatean economy, worth 135 trillion Kroner a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 141,201 Kroner, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 489,450 per year while the poor average 29,738, a ratio of 16.5 to 1.

Frequent fliers are obliged to submit to invasive security procedures by government security, foreign students are expected to have a Kegmeister Grade Average of 36-24-36 to qualify for university, politicians look weirdly alike, and police regularly arrest families playing Monopoly. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Death Syndicate's national animal is the Plague, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Death Syndicate is ranked 31,084^th in the world and 853^rd in The East Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 66.22 on the Human Development Index.