The Theocracy of Katzdale is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.568 billion Katzdaleans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Katzdale. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 11.4%.

The very strong Katzean economy, worth 268 trillion marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 75,183 marks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 222,274 per year while the poor average 19,984, a ratio of 11.1 to 1.

Rupert Bear is considered to be the most risqué TV programme in Katzdale, the religious lobby has the power of veto over health initiatives, condemned prisoners spend hours a day sitting in lotus position looking perplexed, and giggling teens are asked to put their mouths on rubber dolls. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Katzdale's national animal is the crow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Katzdale is ranked 146,740^th in the world and 181^st in Coalition of Crown Albatross for Safest, scoring 65.77 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.