The Join Lily of TLS 17 is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion and suspicion of poets. The compassionate population of 13.855 billion Join Lily are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 33.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Join Lily economy, worth 453 trillion Join Lilies a year, is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 32,739 Join Lilies, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tampons are used as cheap fishing bobbers, there is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality, translators have been hired to deal with the varying regional accents during national political debates, and soldiers stream their classified military operations live for millions of fans. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. TLS 17's national animal is the Join Lily, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

TLS 17 is ranked 158,679^th in the world and 2^nd in Cocoabo Forest for Lowest Crime Rates, with 61.2 law-abiding acts per hour.