The Republic of BEFORE BECOMING ONE WITH THE FORCE VINNY is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 12.602 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 large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 46.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Vinny economy, worth 100 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 Trout Farming, Pizza Delivery, and Uranium Mining. 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 7,971 Emotions, 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. BEFORE BECOMING ONE WITH THE FORCE VINNY's national animal is the Vampire, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

BEFORE BECOMING ONE WITH THE FORCE VINNY is ranked 115,974^th in the world and 1,004^th in Artificial Solar System for Lowest Crime Rates, with 64.13 law-abiding acts per hour.