The Rarest-spun heaven metal of Interstate 17 is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Eisenhower with an iron fist, and notable for its teetotalling pirates, zero percent divorce rate, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.262 billion Highwaymen 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Phoenix. The average income tax rate is 70.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Roadworthy economy, worth a remarkable 1,149 trillion tolls 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, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. 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 102,094 tolls, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Frustrated women are overjoyed at the provision of communal washing machines, polygamy is legal, too many developers spoil the codebase, and government officials have to mortgage their homes to make ends meet. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Interstate 17's national animal is the Roadrunner, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Constructionist.

Interstate 17 is ranked 101,273^rd in the world and 6^th in Arizona for Lowest Crime Rates, with 65.7 law-abiding acts per hour.