The Republic of Guinea Pig Horde 17 is a colossal, genial nation, remarkable for its enslaved workforce, ritual sacrifices, and avant-garde cinema. The compassionate, devout population of 6.879 billion Guinea Pig Horde 17ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Healthcare, and Welfare are also considered important, while International Aid isn't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 39.7%.

The large but inefficient Guinea Pig Horde 17ian economy, worth 319 trillion rubles 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 slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 46,466 rubles, with the richest citizens earning 6.8 times as much as the poorest.

Sheepish teenagers are making eye contact with their parents for the first time in a decade during state-enforced 'no-phones hour', the only Maxxmas gift frontline troops receive from officers is a bullet with the enemy's name on it, the Communist Party claims that selling things for profit isn't necessarily capitalism, and the government regularly reassures citizens that there are no monsters under their beds. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Guinea Pig Horde 17's national animal is the giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Guinea Pig Horde 17 is ranked 66,570^th in the world and 3,862^nd in Lazarus for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 114.06 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.