The Queendom of Clonegarth 017 is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, avant-garde cinema, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, devout population of 13.447 billion Clonegarth 017ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 74.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Clonegarth 017ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,275 trillion Gold Coins 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, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. 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 94,818 Gold Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Everyone wants to be on the guest list for diplomatic parties, weighted heels are added to military boots to ensure diminutive celebrities meet minimum requirements, the decision to be oppressed is now made democratically, and exceptionally talented workers are praised more than Revolutionary heroes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Clonegarth 017's national animal is the Black Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Clonegarth 017 is ranked 265,334^th in the world and 86^th in House Elegarth for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.9 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.