The Federal Republic of Vespuccina is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Viktor Lobo with an even hand, and remarkable for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 3.849 billion Vespuccinans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Acrux. The average income tax rate is 80.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Vespuccinan economy, worth 374 trillion columbias a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Average income is 97,184 columbias, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Traffic cops spend most of their work-hours calculating citizens' monthly income, cutting-edge missile systems are being retrofitted to twin-prop air force biplanes, minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, and the restriction that you must be over 1.1 metres tall to ride a carnotaurus has recently been waived. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vespuccina's national animal is the owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Vespuccina is ranked 174,297^th in the world and 467^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 149.11 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.