The Republic of Chip XVII is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its infamous sell-swords, zero percent divorce rate, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, democratic population of 494 million Chip XVIIians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 12.2%.

The very strong Chip XVIIian economy, worth 25.7 trillion rubles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 52,085 rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Prisoners can't do number twos without their "toilet buddy" present, Chip XVII is renowned for its lax gun laws, the sun rises an hour later on border communities, and concert halls sport signs proclaiming "No Shorts, Sandals or Swastikas". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chip XVII's national animal is the fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Chip XVII is ranked 236,531^st in the world and 11,217^th in Lazarus for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 35.92 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.