The Antimatter exploded because of Vrindi is a huge, efficient nation, ruled by Paul Dirac with an iron fist, and notable for its avant-garde cinema, public floggings, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 815 million Vrindics 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Agrovrind. The average income tax rate is 64.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vrindic economy, worth 96.3 trillion electrons a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 118,175 electrons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation is Vristic's leading manufacturer of intricately-patterned sweaters, no personal detail is too tiny for the suede-denim census police, Paul Dirac has just been declared ruler of Vrindi in an international press conference, and healthcare workers are flummoxed over the spike in foreign tourists with sudden-onset heart disease. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vrindi's national animal is the Schödingers Cat.

Vrindi is ranked 15,584^th in the world and 3^rd in Vristic for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 1,351.74 on the Clooney Contribution Index.