The JRPG of Final Fantasy 17 is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Cid with an even hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, frequent executions, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 8.966 billion Final Fantasy 17ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Square. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 60.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Final Fantasy 17ian economy, worth 806 trillion kronor a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is 89,990 kronor, with the richest citizens earning 9.3 times as much as the poorest.

Young girls aren't having a ball but they are enjoying themselves, the government airlifts sacrificial lambs, tourists soak their luggage in boiling water before unpacking, and reporters who negatively comment on politicians' haircuts are cut from the news. Crime is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Final Fantasy 17's national animal is the penguin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Crystals.

Final Fantasy 17 is ranked 83,320^th in the world and 26^th in Square Enix for Most Developed, scoring 66.1 on the Human Development Index.