The Empire of Vapo is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Reon with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.118 billion Vapoans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jolt. The average income tax rate is 96.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Vapoan economy, worth 789 trillion monies 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, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 154,293 monies, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Arbitrary election rules are considered sacrosanct, physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques, the question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression, and the VBI Channel Tunnel project is plagued by delays. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vapo's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vapo is ranked 287,830^th in the world and 328^th in Conch Kingdom for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -18.6 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.