The Empire of Gio17 is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, infamous sell-swords, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 9.546 billion Gio17ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 45.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Gio17ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,462 trillion Gold Orbs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 153,222 Gold Orbs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Counselors have to sign pledges supporting gay rights before they can speak to any patients, colonists who were promised new lands find only war-torn devastation, soldiers stream their classified military operations live for millions of fans, and truancy is as easy as clicking a camera icon. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gio17's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gio17 is ranked 10,923^rd in the world and 321^st in Giovanniland for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 40,607.47 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.