The Republic of Flame Trooper 17 is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, compulsory military service, and avant-garde cinema. The cynical, devout population of 1.532 billion Flame Trooper 17ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 44.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Flame Trooper 17ian economy, worth 69.3 trillion Credits a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 45,232 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's prisons are touted as the best weight loss programs money can't buy, Little League matches are often attended by riot police with water cannon... just in case, medical experts advise that those claiming to be medical experts are probably fraudsters, and the nation has nearly as many history museums as Flame Trooper 17ians. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Flame Trooper 17's national animal is the Droid, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Flame Trooper 17 is ranked 82,398^th in the world and 1,268^th in eta for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 3,710.92 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.