The Long ago in a distant memory of Reformed Spees 17 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its lack of airports, prohibition of alcohol, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 7.521 billion Reformed Spees 17ians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Genseki. The average income tax rate is 66.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Reformed Spees 17ian economy, worth 254 trillion lire a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 33,902 lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Constipated-looking politicians are uptight about potty mouths, the military is recruiting war criminals to join its weapons research teams, extreme hiring regulations mean a job in Reformed Spees 17 is often a lifetime appointment, and the police have reaffirmed their tough stance on drugs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Reformed Spees 17's national animal is the emu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Reformed Spees 17 is ranked 107,901^st in the world and 5,517^th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 64.93 law-abiding acts per hour.