The Armed Republic of Card Season 117 is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its rampant corporate plagiarism, frequent executions, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, cynical population of 3.194 billion Card Season 117ians 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 medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 30.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Card Season 117ian economy, worth 191 trillion packs 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Automobile Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. 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 59,843 packs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites, human sacrifice to the metaphorical altar of Mammon ensures national prosperity, escargots have lost their charm ever since they started to be called 'cooked land snails', and endangered species are effective hostages against the Card Season 117ian military. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Card Season 117's national animal is the legendary, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Card Season 117 is ranked 189,800^th in the world and 972^nd in TPFKAQ for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 46.58 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.