The Federal Republic of Vape of Good Hope is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by President Crawfee with an even hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, anti-smoking policies, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 13.702 billion Vape of Good Hopeans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vape Town. The average income tax rate is 69.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vape of Good Hopean economy, worth a remarkable 2,605 trillion Vapes a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Tourism. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 190,132 Vapes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The government denies that it has an agency overseeing plausible deniability of black-ops agencies, a milk bath costs more than bathing in money, citizens seem fixated on 105m x 45m rectangles, and voting is voluntary. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vape of Good Hope's national animal is the Alivapor, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Compulsory State Atheism.

Vape of Good Hope is ranked 20,979^th in the world and 94^th in Europeia for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 6,966.48 on the Gilded Widget Scale.