The Armed Forces of Zulankan Outpost 17 is a titanic, safe nation, remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic population of 23.098 billion Zulankans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded, outspoken morass — prioritizes Welfare, with Education, Healthcare, and Defense also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 73.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Zulankan economy, worth 230 trillion labor certificates a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Trout Farming, Automobile Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 9,968 labor certificates, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zulankan Outpost 17's national animal is the leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zulankan Outpost 17 is ranked 179,156^th in the world and 1^st in Holy Fascist Empire for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 38.18 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.