The Soviet Socialist Republic of Greece1917 is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Iosif Laofilos with an iron fist, and notable for its strictly enforced bedtime, avant-garde cinema, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, cynical, humorless population of 8.419 billion Greeks 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Leninoupoli. The average income tax rate is 98.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Greek economy, worth a remarkable 1,345 trillion Red Drachmas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 159,844 Red Drachmas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

They say insanity is torturing the same citizens over and over again and expecting a different result, Greek Standard Vodka is the only drink that bars stock, military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description, and forty-year-old men are asked for their ID before watching the latest pony cartoon movies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greece1917's national animal is the Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Greece1917 is ranked 5,603^rd in the world and 3^rd in USSD for Longest Average Lifespans, with 92.66 years.