The Republic of ARF Trooper 17 is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its public floggings and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 1.387 billion ARF Trooper 17ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 43.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient ARF Trooper 17ian economy, worth 43.3 trillion Credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 31,231 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries, recognizing the ARF Trooper 17ian flag qualifies you for citizenship, couples kissing on the street are detained for 'unlawful exchange of genetic material', and business meetings across the country are interrupted by the sound of squeaking whoopee-cushions. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ARF Trooper 17's national animal is the Droid, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

ARF Trooper 17 is ranked 187,234^th in the world and 2,758^th in eta for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 902.84 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.