The República de Cuba of Vegaga is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Fidel Castro with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, triple-decker prams, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 13.506 billion cubanos are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of La Havana. The average income tax rate is 94.5%.

The frighteningly efficient cubano economy, worth a remarkable 3,958 trillion peso cubanoes a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 293,091 peso cubanoes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,033,804 per year while the poor average 60,108, a ratio of 17.2 to 1.

Research into 'designer babies' is banned, young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus, the cubano population often struggles to think straight, and sending sick politicians "Get Well Soon" cards is considered bribery. Crime is all-pervasive. Vegaga's national animal is the tocororo, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Santería.

Vegaga is ranked 320,787^th in the world and 107^th in Commonwealth of Liberty for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -181.85 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.