The Most Serene Republic of FourCats is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Human with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, lack of airports, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.656 billion FourCatsians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bed. The average income tax rate is 92.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient feline economy, worth 429 trillion floras a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 117,456 floras, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Undersea volcanoes receive strongly worded letters for violating environmental regulations, bemused citizens are encouraged to sing foreign-language hymns of religions they have never heard of, orphanages are practically giving children away, and posters on 'Feline Values' advise against being proud of FourCats. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. FourCats's national animal is the rat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is lazer pointer.

FourCats is ranked 4,180^th in the world and 36^th in Refugia for Safest, scoring 133.64 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.