The Federal Republic of Katuris is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Alfold Medtera with a fair hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, free-roaming dinosaurs, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 2.58 billion Katurisians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kariburg. The average income tax rate is 93.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Katurisian economy, worth 333 trillion katuriis a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 129,147 katuriis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government seizes private property for the 'good of the people', giggling teens are asked to put their mouths on rubber dolls, people who get diabetes can sue donut manufacturers, and conspiracy theorists allege Kariburg's new subway map resembles Satanic symbols. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Katuris's national animal is the crab, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Katurisian Violetism.

Katuris is ranked 67,977^th in the world and 347^th in Europe for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 72.11 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.