The Republic of WHILE WAITING FOR LILI TO SWITCH VINNY is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 12.346 billion Vinnies are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 69.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Vinny economy, worth 92.6 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, highly specialized black market in Book Publishing, Soda Sales, and Retail. 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 7,501 Emotions, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. WHILE WAITING FOR LILI TO SWITCH VINNY's national animal is the Vampire, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

WHILE WAITING FOR LILI TO SWITCH VINNY is ranked 114,205^th in the world and 973^rd in Artificial Solar System for Lowest Crime Rates, with 64.24 law-abiding acts per hour.