The Protectorate of Cat436 is a colossal, genial nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. The democratic population of 3.486 billion Cat436ians 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 51.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Cat436ian economy, worth 79.6 trillion Mice a year, is quite specialized and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 22,841 Mice, and distributed extremely evenly, with little 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. Cat436's national animal is the Cat.

Cat436 is ranked 276,975^th in the world and 15,035^th in Osiris for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7.55 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.