The Protectorate of Cat362 is a colossal, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 3.913 billion Cat362ians 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 large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 51.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Cat362ian economy, worth 79.6 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 black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, Pizza Delivery, and Retail. 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 20,354 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. Cat362's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cat362 is ranked 245,690^th in the world and 13,365^th in Balder for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5.57 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.