The Holy Nordic Kingdom of Blahblah2017 is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by King Olafson the Magnificent with a fair hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 6.886 billion Seventeeners enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large, outspoken government prioritizes Education, although Environment, Administration, and Healthcare are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Virkebloc. The average income tax rate is 67.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Seventeenian economy, worth 677 trillion Kroner a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 98,353 Kroner, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A rolling news ticker tape of disclaimers runs across the bottom of the screen on all TV shows, the letters L, G, and B must never be grouped together, monocled merchants with funny accents are applying for Seventeenian citizenship in droves, and atheists are heavily taxed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blahblah2017's national animal is the Emperor Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Seventeenian Evangelical Church.

Blahblah2017 is ranked 134,431^st in the world and 2,098^th in the South Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 204 billion Standard Monetary Units.