The Protectorate of Vapula is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Precentor Gerardo Zucker with an iron fist, and notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 3.318 billion Vapulans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cortland. The average income tax rate is 53.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Vapulan economy, worth 126 trillion C-bills a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Furniture Restoration, and Retail. Average income is 38,249 C-bills, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Precentor Gerardo Zucker has just been declared ruler of Vapula in an international press conference, Vapula has designated Cortland as its capital city, drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web, and nudity is frowned upon. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vapula's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Blakism.

Vapula is ranked 171,756^th in the world and 15^th in Guinea Kiribati for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 122.87 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.