The Italian Republic of Western Vapia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio with an iron fist, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, strictly enforced bedtime, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.698 billion Italians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Industry, Healthcare, and Education are also considered important, while International Aid and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rome. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 64.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Italian economy, worth 298 trillion Lire a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 176,080 Lire, with the richest citizens earning 7.4 times as much as the poorest.

Whipping posts and lashes have been transferred to the Historical Museum of Italian Embarrassments, the people consider response to rudeness to be an acceptable casus belli, the leading national news source is 'my cousin Billy-Bob on MyFace', and in pet stores nationwide Brown Bears are growing in popularity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Western Vapia's national animal is the Brown Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Western Vapia is ranked 93,287^th in the world and 4,526^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 1,117.75 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.