The Free State of Cataduanes is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Inigo Mahalbulaklak with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, sprawling nuclear power plants, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 6.959 billion Cataduaños have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Oltaloro. The average income tax rate is 80.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Cataduaño economy, worth 455 trillion Pesetas a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 65,437 Pesetas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Doctors are encouraged to 'pull the plug' any time the government has a budget crisis, school lessons are constantly interrupted by 'teacher needs a break' time, the question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression, and political candidates who don't release their birth certificates are presumed to have been born in Maxtopia. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cataduanes's national animal is the Wild Bearded Pig, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cataduanes is ranked 146,033^rd in the world and 9^th in Nasicournia for Largest Information Technology Sector, scoring 3,370.36 on the Fann-Boi Productivity Index.