The Self-Governing Dictatorship of Vipathe is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Tridential Sovereignty with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, national health service, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 12.099 billion Vipatheans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vindinum Vitae. The average income tax rate is 81.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vipathean economy, worth a remarkable 2,557 trillion Vipathean Drachmas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 211,389 Vipathean Drachmas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Politicians who vacation in East Lebatuck lose their jobs upon their return, "Darwin's Disease" is a growing cause of death, oilmen are in the business of greasing people's palms, and welfare recipients are milking the government for all they've got. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vipathe's national animal is the Caracal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vipathe is ranked 9,604^th in the world and 2^nd in Union of Nationalists for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 432.27 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.