The Catocracy of Catiania is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Katrina with a fair hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, smutty television, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 15.711 billion Cats 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, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Katton. The average income tax rate is 99.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Cat economy, worth a remarkable 3,285 trillion mice a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 209,147 mice, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Recognizing the Cat flag qualifies you for citizenship, nouveau riche farmers diligently take care of their golden calf herds, the Catiania Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon', and the Supreme Court vehemently protects civil rights and the right to privacy. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Catiania's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Cat Worship.

Catiania is ranked 1,853^rd in the world and 44^th in The East Pacific for Most Efficient Economies, scoring 100.65 on the Krugman-Greenspan Business Outlook Index.