The Protectorate of Cat376 is a colossal, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 3.921 billion Cat376ians 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 50.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Cat376ian economy, worth 81.3 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 Pizza Delivery, Soda Sales, Retail, and Book Publishing. 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 20,734 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. Cat376's national animal is the Cat.

Cat376 is ranked 303,912^th in the world and 16,150^th in Lazarus for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 855.33 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.