Dzinalo lonse ndi "Vatican City State", mpando wa Holy See. Ili pa Vatican Heights kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Roma. Ili ndi malo a 0.44 ma kilomita ndipo ili ndi anthu osatha pafupifupi 800, makamaka atsogoleri achipembedzo. Vatican poyambirira idali likulu la Papal State mu Middle Ages.Dera la Papal State litaphatikizidwa ku Italy mu 1870, Papa adapuma pantchito ku Vatican; mu 1929, adasaina Pangano la Lateran ndi Italy ndikukhala dziko lodziyimira pawokha. Vatican ndiye dziko lokhala ndi gawo laling'ono kwambiri komanso ochepera padziko lapansi.

Vatican ndi dziko lodziyimira palokha lokhala ndi Papa ngati mfumu. Bungwe lapakati lili ndi State Council, Ministry Holy, Council, etc.

State Council ndi bungwe logwira ntchito motsogozedwa ndi Papa. Limathandizira Papa kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zake, kuyang'anira zochitika zamkati ndi zakunja, ndipo akutsogozedwa ndi Secretary of State wokhala ndi dzina la Kadinala. Secretary of State amasankhidwa ndi Papa kuti aziyang'anira kayendetsedwe ka Vatican ndipo amayang'anira zochitika zachinsinsi za Papa.

Utumiki wopatulika umagwira ntchito zosiyanasiyana za tsiku ndi tsiku za Mpingo wa Katolika.Utumiki uliwonse umayang'anira nduna, mlembi wamkulu komanso wachiwiri kwa mlembi wamkulu. Pali mautumiki opatulika 9, kuphatikiza Dipatimenti ya Chikhulupiriro, Dipatimenti ya Evangelical, Dipatimenti ya Tchalitchi cha Kum'mawa, Dipatimenti ya Liturgy ndi Sacramenti, Dipatimenti ya Ansembe, Dipatimenti Yachipembedzo, Dipatimenti ya Bishop, Canonized Saint department, ndi Dipatimenti Yophunzitsa Katolika

Khonsoloyi ikuyang'anira ntchito zina zapadera, kuphatikiza makhonsolo 12 kuphatikiza Lay Council, Justice and Peace Council, Family Council, Inter-Religious Dialogue Council, ndi New Gospel Promotion Council. Bungwe lililonse la oyang'anira limayang'anira wapampando, nthawi zambiri ndi Kadinala, kwa zaka 5, ndi mlembi wamkulu komanso wachiwiri kwa mlembi wamkulu.

Mbendera ya Vatican ili ndi timakona tating'onoting'ono tawiri tofanana tomwe mbali yake. Mbali ya flagpole ndi yachikaso, mbali inayo ndi yoyera, yopenthedwa ndi chizindikiro cha Papa chaubusa. Chizindikiro cha dziko lonse ndi chizindikiro cha kholo la Papa Paul VI mothandizidwa ndi zofiira. Nyimbo yadziko lonse ndi "Papa wa March".

Vatican ilibe mafakitale, ulimi, kapena zinthu zachilengedwe. Zofunikira zadziko pakupanga ndi moyo zimaperekedwa ndi Italy. Ndalama zomwe zimapezedwa makamaka zimadalira zokopa alendo, masitampu, kubweza nyumba, kubweza ndalama kubanki yapadera, phindu lochokera ku Vatican Bank, msonkho kwa Papa, ndi zopereka kuchokera kwa okhulupirira. Vatican ili ndi ndalama zake, zomwe ndizofanana ndi lira yaku Italiya.

Vatican ili ndi mabungwe atatu azachuma: Limodzi ndi Vatican Bank, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti Religious Affairs Bank, yomwe imayang'anira zochitika zachuma ku Vatican, yoyang'aniridwa ndi Papa, ndikuyang'aniridwa ndi Cardinal Captain. Yakhazikitsidwa mu 1942, banki ili ndi chuma pafupifupi US $ 3-4 biliyoni ndipo imachita bizinesi ndi mabanki opitilira 200 padziko lapansi. Lachiwiri ndi Komiti ya Papa ya Vatican City State, yomwe ili ndi udindo woyendetsa wailesi ya Vatican, njanji, positi ndi kulumikizana ndi mafoni ndi mabungwe ena. Lachitatu ndi Papal Asset Management Office, yomwe imagawidwa m'madipatimenti ambiri ndi madipatimenti apadera. Dipatimenti yayikulu imayang'anira zinthu zosunthika komanso zosunthika ku Italy, zomwe zimakhala ndi ndalama pafupifupi madola 2 biliyoni aku US. Dipatimenti yapaderayi ili ndi kampani yopanga ndalama, yomwe ili ndi pafupifupi US $ 600 miliyoni m'matangadza, ma bond ndi malo ogulitsa nyumba m'maiko ambiri ku North America ndi Europe. Vatican ili ndi ndalama zopitilira $ 10 biliyoni m'magolide.

Vatican City iwonso ndi chuma chamtundu. Tchalitchi cha St. Peter, Nyumba yachifumu ya Papa, Laibulale ya ku Vatican, nyumba zosungiramo zinthu zakale ndi nyumba zina zachifumu zili ndi zotsalira zodziwika bwino kuyambira nthawi ya Middle Ages komanso nthawi ya Renaissance.  

Anthu okhala ku Vatican amakhulupirira Chikatolika, ndipo moyo wawo watsiku ndi tsiku ndi wachipembedzo kwambiri. Lamlungu lirilonse, Akatolika amasonkhana ku St. Peter's Square. Pa 12 koloko masana, belu la tchalitchi likulira, papa amawonekera pazenera lapakati padenga la Tchalitchi cha St. Peter ndikulankhula ndi okhulupirira.