The Republic of Katowicq is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Princess Katya with a fair hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 1.414 billion Katowicqers hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kołaczyce. The average income tax rate is 81.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Katowicqian economy, worth 177 trillion Kats a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 125,491 Kats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Katowicq has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, happiness is all being miserable together, and eminent domain has been abolished. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Katowicq's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Katowicq is ranked 75,601^st in the world and 3^rd in Transatlantic Pirates for Most Patriotic, with 21.91 flags saluted per person per day.