The ExaCivilization of The Ctan Species is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Integrated Core Data Nodes with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, absence of drug laws, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.938 billion Ctan enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Peth Kethona Metacomplex. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Ctan economy, worth a remarkable 4,392 trillion Basic Units a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 401,609 Basic Units, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

One does not simply walk into the tundra, criminals always seem to be forewarned of police raids, children's daycare starts at the crack of dawn, and TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Ctan Species's national animal is the multi-spectrum Control Virus TN4, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is universal atheism.

The Ctan Species is ranked 14,107^th in the world and 2^nd in SICON for Most Influential, scoring 3,220 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.