The Soviet Cat Republic of Redanian Union is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Generalissimus Meowseph Purrin with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, enslaved workforce, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 11.761 billion Can Openers are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kittengrad. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 75.3%.

The strong Can Openian economy, worth a remarkable 1,104 trillion Cat Coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 93,911 Cat Coins, with the richest citizens earning 8.3 times as much as the poorest.

Pedants defending Generalissimus Meowseph Purrin observe that psychopaths and sociopaths aren't exactly the same thing, the dish 'poisson avec poison' is only available on the black market, the purgative quality of Can Openian cuisine is known across the globe, and the lasting legacy of the current generation is a million years of buried radioactivity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Redanian Union's national animal is the Panther, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Purrinismus.

Redanian Union is ranked 57,075^th in the world and 3,204^th in Lazarus for Most Beautiful Environments, with 656.34 pounds of wildlife per square mile.