The Republic of Cathatrond is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical, devout population of 4.699 billion Cathatrondians 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 large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 40.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Cathatrondian economy, worth 74.4 trillion rubledollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 15,830 rubledollars, 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. Cathatrond's national animal is the cat.

Cathatrond is ranked 226,363^rd in the world and 6,666^th in Suspicious for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 207.31 on the Gilded Widget Scale.