The Republic of ZMC17 is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its strictly enforced bedtime, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed population of 373 million ZMC17ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government prioritizes Law & Order, although Defense, Healthcare, and Public Transport are also considered important. The average income tax rate is 38.3%.

The ZMC17ian economy, worth 15.3 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 41,127 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

The government subsidizes those who produce the worst results, the government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid, the nation's people have woken up to find themselves colonial masters of Brasilistan, and Scrabble champions have been left scrambling for scraps. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ZMC17's national animal is the emu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

ZMC17 is ranked 278,268^th in the world and 34^th in RegionZ for Largest Populations, with 373 million capita.