The Protectorate of Cat321 is a colossal, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 3.896 billion Cat321ians 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, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 63.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Cat321ian economy, worth 68.9 trillion Mice a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Basket Weaving, Woodchip Exports, Automobile Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 17,678 Mice, 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. Cat321's national animal is the Cat.

Cat321 is ranked 248,229^th in the world and 10,064^th in Lazarus for Highest Poor Incomes, with 15,567.89 Standard Monetary Units.