The Province of Catania is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. The hard-working population of 24.052 billion Catanians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The large, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 42.2%.

The very strong Catanian economy, worth 993 trillion lire a year, is quite specialized and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Woodchip Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 41,296 lire, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 126,151 per year while the poor average 10,478, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Voting is compulsory, citizens select which government department gets their income tax liras each year, and education and welfare spending are on the rise. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Catania's national animal is the mafia.

Catania is ranked 184,737^th in the world and 4,049^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring zero on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.