The Holy Bowl Of Ramen of D017 is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Gerry with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, strictly enforced bedtime, and national health service. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 11.413 billion Bakers 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rafferty. The average income tax rate is 67.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Bakish economy, worth a remarkable 1,327 trillion Banks a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 116,319 Banks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Crop circles are intently studied by investigators with questionable merits, Gerry is called 'Patches' at international summits, parents who reward their teens' chores with concert tickets are charged with illegal reselling, and kids looking for shark teeth have become ancient history. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. D017's national animal is the Cheetah, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Sherlockian.

D017 is ranked 43,388^th in the world and 12^th in Windows for Lowest Crime Rates, with 76.33 law-abiding acts per hour.