The Rogue Nation of Vaaththu is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its smutty television, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.51 billion Vaaththuans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Paravai Nagaram. The average income tax rate is 87.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Vaaththuan economy, worth 177 trillion Droppings a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 70,880 Droppings, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are exhausted from weekly general elections, stony-faced ratings board panelists are unamused by free lap dances, women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms, and the entire entry for Vaaththu in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the World reads 'mostly harmless'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vaaththu's national animal is the Duck, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Vaaththu is ranked 24,669^th in the world and 46^th in The Western Isles for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 52.91 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.