The Heroes of Catradora- is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Glimmer with an even hand, and notable for its public floggings, enslaved workforce, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 12.996 billion Catradora-ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Etheria. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 61.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Catradora-ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,599 trillion marks a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Gambling. Average income is an amazing 200,030 marks, with the richest citizens earning 7.5 times as much as the poorest.

Opening doors for ladies is never seen as misogynistic, all artwork is carefully screened for offensive material, politicians are losing their jobs in a plan to make the government 'leaner and fitter', and the government has spent days debating the merits of a petition calling for a ban on sporks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Catradora-'s national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Cards.

Catradora- is ranked 4,002^nd in the world and 13^th in Temporary Home for Largest Black Market, with 2,425 trillion Standard Monetary Units.