The Free Land of Catopes is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Erving Goffman with a fair hand, and remarkable for its national health service, anti-smoking policies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 2.878 billion Catopesians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capethens. The average income tax rate is 84.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Catopesian economy, worth 385 trillion Craniras a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 133,984 Craniras, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Children in school playgrounds can be heard chanting the hymns of the Order of Violet, citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits, residents of houses built on a foundation of wishful thinking are prone to an odd sinking feeling, and the government is avowedly secular. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Catopes's national animal is the Orcinus Orca, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Atheism.

Catopes is ranked 4,790^th in the world and 2^nd in Florelys for Safest, scoring 130.34 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.