Location: Cat Burglars

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Grand Duchy of Vladisvoks Cat is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Vlad Cat with an iron fist, and remarkable for its irreverence towards religion. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.527 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kitty Basket. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 47%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology industries.

Genetic research is temporarily tied up in government red tape, smoking is banned in public areas, the people are famous throughout the region for their bleached-white teeth, and every product goes through extensive safety-testing by the government. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Vladisvoks Cat's national animal is the Mouse, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is a major religion, and its currency is the Silver Mouse.

Vladisvoks Cat is ranked 11th in Cat Burglars and 68,773rd in the world for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 11 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and