The Catgirl Refuge of Sygma is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Sommite Sygma6 with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 43.967 billion Kiskas have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The minute, corrupt government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Environment, with Education also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nekomimi. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Kiska economy, worth a remarkable 8,819 trillion IoUs a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 200,585 IoUs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

The bureaucracy's scale makes the trees wail, freedom is never freely given — only when the alternative is too expensive, minorities play dumb to get more welfare payments, and captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Sygma's national animal is the Cat Girl, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is El Amantes de Chicagata.

Sygma is ranked 80,521^st in the world and 15^th in Anime for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 3,311.25 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.