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The Independent Ocean Platform of Sycona

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The Independent Ocean Platform of Sycona is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by The Syconan Senate with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 2.768 billion Syconans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Conoss. The average income tax rate is 11.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Syconan economy, worth 442 trillion quid a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 159,753 quid, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

There have been sightings of people walking around dressed in nothing but leopard-skin g-strings for 'religious reasons', the contraband cigarette trade is lighting up across Sycona, Syconan-made cars tend to catch fire in people's driveways, and a favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts. Crime is totally unknown. Sycona's national animal is the phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Sycona is ranked 44,886^th in the world and 79^th in International Democratic Union for Highest Economic Output, with 442 trillion Standard Monetary Units.

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