The Colony of Cataloria is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its infamous sell-swords, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 1.522 billion Catalorians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Barseloña. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 53.1%.

The strong Catalorian economy, worth 88.8 trillion rubles a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 58,335 rubles, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 166,069 per year while the poor average 16,349, a ratio of 10.2 to 1.

People who get diabetes can sue donut manufacturers, the arms industry is backed by government subsidies and harsh anti-protest laws are in place, major cities run on potato batteries, and discarded pennies litter the streets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cataloria's national animal is the beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cataloria is ranked 53,502^nd in the world and 3,007^th in Balder for Most Patriotic, with 30.23 flags saluted per person per day.