The State of Providencia de Santa Catalina is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Mayor Jonathan Barrantes with an even hand, and renowned for its lack of airports, anti-smoking policies, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate population of 4.498 billion Catalinians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Santa Catalina. The average income tax rate is 69.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Providencia de Santa Catalinan economy, worth 407 trillion Catalin Dollors a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 90,584 Catalin Dollors, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children grow up long before the paperwork for their lemonade stands can be sorted out, town nameplates frequently raise giggles from passing tourists, photographers can be found hiding behind the curtains in Mayor Jonathan Barrantes's bedroom, and citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Providencia de Santa Catalina's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Romano Catolica.

Providencia de Santa Catalina is ranked 181,240^th in the world and 16^th in League of States for Most Primitive, scoring -71.21 on the Scary Big Number Scale.