The Carefully Watched Republic of Katitania is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Great Overlord Kat with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, national health service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.673 billion Katitanians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pizzaland. The average income tax rate is 91.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Katitanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,306 trillion Slashes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 150,625 Slashes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's soldiers are considered the best-dressed in 10000 Islands, both diets and economic output are growing leaner with recent restrictions to free trade, anyone who doesn't attend Official Governmental Religious Services is fined, and Katitania's fine wines are renowned throughout the region. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Katitania's national animal is the Porcupine, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Katism.

Katitania is ranked 282,694^th in the world and 822^nd in 10000 Islands for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -115.86 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.