The Republic of Catel Sago is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Leander Washin with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, zero percent divorce rate, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.42 billion Catel Sagoans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Flanela. The average income tax rate is 96.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Catel Sagoan economy, worth a remarkable 1,396 trillion Cartéis a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 315,989 Cartéis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, shanty towns have formed around the newly rebuilt commercial district, local officials love to claim the protection of their Big Brother, and it is illegal to liberate slaves. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Catel Sago's national animal is the Tigre de bengala, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Catan.

Catel Sago is ranked 7,736^th in the world and 344^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 135 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.