The Dominion of Vesperath is a small, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The quiet, industrious population of 26 million Vesperathians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 40.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Vesperathian economy, worth 247 billion pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Cheese Exports, and Soda Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 9,515 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vesperath's national animal is the leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vesperath is ranked 224,997^th in the world and 2,280^th in the Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 12 average smiles per day.