The Republic of WHILE FISHING FOR ENDOS VINNY is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 13.944 billion Vinnies 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 enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 61.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Vinny economy, worth 111 trillion Emotions 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 Pizza Delivery, Furniture Restoration, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 8,026 Emotions, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. WHILE FISHING FOR ENDOS VINNY's national animal is the Vampire, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

WHILE FISHING FOR ENDOS VINNY is ranked 40,023^rd in the world and 430^th in Artificial Solar System for Most Pacifist, with 108.12 cheeks turned per day.